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MAP OF THE CITY, AN ALMANAC, 



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AN APPENDIX, 

CONTAINING THE NEW CITY OHAETEP. 



BROOKLYN : 

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM H. SMITH. 
Room 6, Montague Hall, Court street. 

1855. 



E^^;KEEX) according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by 

WILLIAM H. SMITH, 

[n the Clerk's Office of the District Court for tbe Southern District of New York 






iOmi F. TROW, PBINTER AND STEREOTYPEE, 

49 Ann street 



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INTEODUCTION. 



The "Record " is presented to public favor, trusting it will be 
welcomed as a desideratum, and receive a patronage commensu- 
rate with its value, and the labor expended in collecting the in- 
formation contained in its pages. It is chiefly a compilation of 
statistics of the various secular, benevolent and religious institu- 
tions, societies and associations of the City of Brooklyn, and 
Kings County. In making it up, the compiler has borne in 
mind that accuracy should be principally studied, as without it 
no merely statistical work would be of any value. He has, 
therefore, devoted great care and attention to produce a correct 
and reliable book for reference. This was no easy task,-to 
brmg together from numerous sources, the many hundred 
"items" necessary to complete its several parts. It will be 
found very copious ; it being the intention to take in a wide 
range of subjects, and embrace information of interest to every 
class of the community. The publisher hopes to receive suffi- 
cient inducement to issue it (revised and enlarged) annually. 

It IS a work of local interest, and the publisher expects a lo- 
cal patronage only. He trusts the enlightened citizens of the 
tHird City of the Union" will appreciate his efforts to con- 
tribute to its Statistical Literature. 

Aprils 1855. ^' ^- ^' 



INDEX. 



Academies, ..... 

Aldermen, Board of .... 

American Protestant Association, 

Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 

Athenaeum and Beading Koom, 

Atlantic Dock Company, .... 

Attorneys, ..... 

Banks, ...... 

Banks for Savings, .... 

Bible Societies, ..... 

Board of Education, .... 

Botanic Physicians, .... 

Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, 

" Athen<tum and Eeading Eoom, . 

" Benevolent Society, . 

" City Bible Society, 

" City Express Post, 

" City Hospital, .... 

" City Tract Society, . 

" Collegiate and Polytachnic Institute, . 

«' Dispensary, .... 

" Dispensary, (Homoeopathic) 

" Female Employment Society, 

" Female Bible Society, 

" Horticultural Society, 

" Industrial Schools Association, 

" Institute and Youth's Free Library, 

" Protestant Benevolent and Library Association, 

" Biding School, . . . . 

" Sabbath School Union, 

" Society for the Relief of Indigent Aged Females, 

" Young Men's Christian Association, 
Brotherhood of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
Building, Land, Loan, and Savings Associations, , 
Cadets of Temperance, 
Carriage, Coach, and Cab Hire, Kates of . 
Cartage, Bates of .... 

Cemeteries, ...... 

Children's Aid Society, 
Christian Associations, Young Men's 
Christian Literary and Benefit Societies, 
Church Charity Foundation, 

CiniRCHES, ..... 

Cisterns, Public ..... 
City Express Post, .... 

" Government, . . * . . 

" Hospital, ..... 

" Officers and Assistants, . . • 

" Kailroad Company, . . . • 



PAGB 

110 

. 19 

185 

. 122 

99 

82 

44 to 46 

65 

68 

. 136 

26 

63 

122 

99 

130 

. 136 

208 

55 

139 

. Ill 

56 

. 57 

124 

. 13T 

197 

. 126 

100 

. 141 

214 

. 140 

123 

. 104 

107 

91 to 93 

184 

. 211 

212 

• 157 

127 

104 to 106 

104 

129 

146 to 156 

82 and 35 

808 

19 

55 

22 

8$ 



INDEX. 



Clergymen, . •, . ^' ^.^ ^' 

Collegiate and Polytochnic Institute, . 
Colored Political Association, 

COMMISSIOXEKS OF DeEDS, 

County Institutions, 

" Officers and Assistants, 
Courts, .... 

cuppeks and leecnebs, 
Cypress Hills Cemetery, . 
Democratic Eepublican General Committees, 
Dentists, .... 
Dispensaries, ... 
Ear and Eye Infirmary, _. 
Eccleston Literary Association, 
Eclectic Physicians, 
Educational Institutions, 
Emerald Benevolent Association, . 
Emmet Benevolent Society, 
Equestrian Institute, East Brooklyn, 
Erin Fraternal Association, 
Exempt Firemen's Associations, 
Eye and Ear Infirmary, . 
Female Employment Society, . 

Female Physicians, . . 

Females' Bible Society, . . 

Ferry Companies, . . . 

Fire Departments. 
Fire Districts, Boundaries op 
Fnioklin Debating Association, . 
Free German Society, . . . 

Gas Light Companies, 
Good Fellows, .... 
Government, City 

" State of New York, 

" United States, 

Gymnastic and Calisthenic Institution, 
Halls, Public Buildings, Gardens, &c, 
Hamilton Literary Association, 
Homoeopathic Dispensary, ' . 

" Physicians, 

Hospitals, .... 
Hotels and Public Houses, . 
Howard Benevolent Society, 
Hunt Horticultural and Botanical Garden, 
Hydropathk^ Physicians, 
Industrial Schools Association, . 
Insurance Agents, 
Insurance Companies, . . 

Justices of Sessions, . 
Justices of the Peace, . . . 

Laborer's Union Beneficial Society, 
Law Library of Brooklyn, 
Literary Institutions, . . 

Manufacturing Companies, . . 

Masomic Orders, 
Mechabics' Exciiange Association, 
Medical Electkicians, 

'' Societies, . . . 

Military, .... 
Military, Privileges of Uniformed 
Navy i'ard and Statitm, 
New England Society of Brooklyn, 
Newspai'ers: in Brooklyn, 
New York State Government, , 
North Western Zephyr Association, The Great 
Nurses, ..... 
Oil and Candle TDompanies, ' . 
Odd Fellows, .... 
Order of United Americans, 
Orphan Asylum Societies, 



PAGE 

142 to 145 

111 

. 200 

46, 47 

42 

40 

36 to 39 

63 

. 157 

200 

64 

56 

53 

104 

63 

110 

. 1S6 

1S7 

. 214 

1S8 

191, 192 

53 

. 124 

64 

. 137 

83 to 86 

29 and 35 

32 and 35 

. 102 

191 

79 

186 

19 

215 

. 215 

214 

203 and 204 

101 

57 

63 

43, 52, and 55 

, 202 

. 131 

198 

63 

126 

74 

. 70 to 74 

40 

26 

. ISS 

103 

99 to 107 

74 to 80 

168 to 174 

193 

63 

. 53 to — 

4Slo 52 

51 

52 

195 

205 

215 

196 

64 

82 

174 to 181 

181 

133, 134 



INDEX. 



Ortliopoprlic Institntion, 
Packer Collegiate Institute, 
Pennsylvania Coal Company, . . 

Physicians axd Sckgeons, 
Plank Koad Companies, . 

POMCK DKPAKTiMENT, .... 

Political Associations, 
Postage Rates, • . . . . 

Post Okkices, .... 

Protestant Benevolent and Literary Association, 

" Orphan Asylum Society, 

Public Buildings, 

Public Cistekns, .... 
RAiLKdAD Companies, .... 
Eate of Fare for Coach, Carriage, or Cab Hire, 
Kates of Cartage, .... 

" Postage, .... 
Eechabites, I. O. of . 
Riding Schools, .... 

Roman Catholic Beneficial Society, 

" Orphan Asylum Society, 

" Schools, 

SABBA,Tn School Union, 
St Charles Institute, .... 
St. Nicholas' Society of Nassau Island, 
St. Patrick's Society, .... 
Salaries of City Officeks, 
Savings Banks, .... 

Schools, ..... 
Shamrock Benevolent Society, . . 

Sons of Temperance, 
Standing Committees of Board of Aldermen, 

" " " Supervisors, 

Supervisors, ..... 
Surgeons and Physicians, 
Teachers' Association of the City of Brooklyn, 
Temperance Orders, 
Thistle Benevolent Society, 
Tract Society, .... 

United Americans, Order of 
United States Navy Yard and Station, 
Veterans of the War of 1812, 
Whig General Committee, Kings County, 
White Lead Companies, . . . 

Williamsburgh Bible Society, 

" City Missionary Society, 

" Dispensary, 

" Young Men's Christian Association, 

Young Men's Association, . 

" Christian Associations, . 

" Literary Associations, 

Youth's Free Library, .... 
Zephyr Association, The Great North Western 



page 

60 

110 

80 

61,62 

90 

28 

199 

208 to 211 

. 206 

141 

133 

203 

32 and 35 

86 

211 

212 

208 to 211 

182 

214 

132 

134 

121 

140 

103 

, 193 

189 

, 215 

63 

, 110 

189 

, 183 

20,21 

42 

24 and 41 

61 and 62 

109 

182 to 184 

190 

. 1.39 

181 

52 

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. 199 

77 

. 133 

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106 

. 107 

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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Adams George F., — Hydropathic Physician, . , 

American Mantel and Slate Co., . , 

AuENTS Edward, — caterer, .... 

Baisley John, — furnishing undertaker, . 

Bane William, — tea and coffee dealer, 

Bkckeks and Piakd,— daguerreotypes, 

Bocii William and Brothers, — porcelain knob manufacturers, 

Buainerd John,— broker in real estate, . 

Brooks John,— iron railing, .... 

Brownson W. H. D.,— bouse and sign painter, . 

Combs Eliap,— real estate and general auctioneer, and regaliaa, 

Cowley and Haskell,— insurance agents, 

Cox H. AND Brotiiek,— livery and sales stable, 

Davenport A. B.,— real estate and insurance agent. 

Day Henry P.,— coal dealer, ... 

Dederky Charles,— cabinet maker and upholsterer, 

Drew William G.,— plumber, .... 

Eakin Henry E., — hot air and gas tight furnaces, 

Fish William J. M.,— St. Vitus' Dance remedy, 

FiTHiAN AND JoY, — sash iiiakcrs, . 

Foster J. H., — metal roofer, .... 

Fkazikr Stephen K., — coal and wood dealer, 

Gander J. C, — bookseller and stationer, 

Hampson Robert,— marble works. 

Haven Henry,— hot-air registers, &c., 

Henderson John C.,— intelligence othce, 

Hondlow S., — real estate broker, 

Kimball George, — hot-air furnaces, «fcc., 

Lawrence M. M.,— daguerreotypes, 

Lefferts Joun W.,— cabinet maker and undertalier, 

Market Fire Insurance Co., 

Maksii James, — books and stationery, 

Mohawk Foundry,— George G. Johnson and Co., 

MoRDouGH J. H.,— music teacher, 

Morris James,— card engi-aver, 

Nicolay Albert H., — auctioneer. 

Parsons Ann M.,— furnishing undertaker, 

Patrick Kobert M.,— iron safes, 

Peters, O. T.,— .'Stereoscopes and likenesses, . 

Powell Tunis J.,— house furnishing, 

Price Sarah,— female physician, 

EoGEBS William H.,— jeweler, 

ScuLEGELMiLCH D , — upliolstcrer and paper hanger, 

Sharpley S. I.,— gentlemen's funiisliing, 

Shipley and Loekle, — engravers and die sinkers, 

Smith William H.,— publisher, . 

Sutton Stephen, — real estate broker, 

Taylor William,— iron foundry, 

Trow John F.,— printer, 

Walters William B.,— wood and coal dealer, . 



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THE CITY OF BROOKLYN 

1855. 



Brooklyn, Kings County, is situated at the west end of Long 
Island, opposite to, and south-westerly of New York city, and 
divided from it by the East river, an arm of the sea connecting 
the bay of New York with Long Island sound. 

Its latitude is 40° 42^ N., and longitude 74° 1^ W. (Green- 
wich), or about 3° E. (Washington). It was first inhabited by 
the Dutch about the middle of the 17th century, and for a hun- 
dred years after was little else than a rural settlement. 

Subsequently it passed through the progressive stages of 
hamlet and village ; but did not rise to any importance till 
within about twenty-five years. In 1834 it became a city, and 
the state census of 1835 showed a population of 24,310. Since 
that time it has advanced with rapid and increasingly prosper- 
ous strides towards greatness ; but recently a mighty effort has 
been made in that direction, trusting soon to win the distinction. 
The new City Charter, taking effect January 1st, 1855, consoli- 
dates the original city, the city of Williamsburgh, and the town- 
ship of Bushwick into one municipal territory and government ; 
thus at once rising from the seventh to the third city of the 
Union in population — the number of inhabitants within its pres- 
ent corporate limits being estimated at 200,000. It cannot, how- 
ever, be claimed, that it holds the same numerical position in 
point of wealth, business, or commercial importance. There are 
several cities having considerably less population, which take 
rank above it in these respects. It must be confessed too, that it 
has not risen to its present eminence by its own inherent vigor 
and enterprise. Candor demands the acknowledgment that it is 
chiefly attributable to the overflowing prosperity and greatness 
of its giant neighbor. Many thousands of its counted population 
are scarcely more than semi-denizens. They are the merchant 



12 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



princes and master artisans doing business in New York; and 
these employ other thousands as clerks, accountants, journeymen, 
and apprentices, and in numerous and varied capacities. Thus it 
holds the anomalous position of out-numbering at night its day 
population by tens of thousands. 

The exterior line of the consolidated city measures about 
twenty-two miles, embracing an area of 16,000 acres, or twenty- 
five square miles ; and is divided by the charter into eighteen 
wards, to which an addition is likely soon to be made, as an 
application is now before the legislature, to erect a nineteenth. 
Newtown creek, on the East river, bounds it on the north; and 
the town of New Utrecht, on the bay of New York, on the 
south. The East river and bay of New York form its western 
limit, and Queens County the eastern. Its extreme length, north 
and south, is about seven and three-fourth miles, and its ex- 
treme breadth five miles. The exterior line being very irregular, 
its average extent either way is much less. The city has eight 
and a half miles of water front (its entire western boundary), 
which is capable, with docking, of afi'ording wharfage for ship- 
ping. The Newtown creek, on its northern boundary, is navi- 
gable for a mile or two for vessels of light burthen. It is in 
contemplation to still further increase water communication to 
the city by capacious canals running up into the city from New- 
town creek and Wallabout and Gowanus bays, which will con- 
nect with commodious basins. With these facilities for com- 
merce, it may reasonably be expected that in a few years its 
trade, both inland and foreign, will be so considerable as to raise 
it to a city of the commercial rank that its natural advantages 
ought to secure. 

Brooklyn possesses advantages as an agreeable place of resi- 
dence. Being considerably elevated above tide-water, and open 
on all sides to the free circulation of air, its atmosphere is pure 
and bracing. From the south it has the invigorating salt breezes 
wafted from a thousand miles seaward. Being less compactly 
built and densely populated than New York, it is devoid of the 
turmoil, bustle, and confused jostling of that city. It is free, 
also, from many of the prominent immoralities which are apt to 
characterize a metropolitan city, and that ofi"end and repel a 
right-thinking and religious people. 

For this cause, and for the advantages of its air, and the 
general quiet and good order that prevails, as well as its 
proximity to the great mart for the exchange of the products of 
the intellect and skill, it is chosen as an eligible place for a 
family residence or sojourn. It has earned the cognomen of 
" The City of Churches ; " and we think it may justly claim it, 



KINGS COUNTY RECOED. 



as it is probable that there is not another city in enlightened 
Christendom that has as large a number of places for religious 
worship, in proportion to its population. There are one hundred 
and forty-two church societies, most of them having edifices of 
their own, and many of which are large and substantially built 
structures, and elegantly finished. 

We think it may with justness be called also " the city of 
schools," there being a large number of educational institutions 
of a high order, in which the youth may be fitted to fill and 
adorn any station in life. The Collegiate and Polytechnic 
Institute, for boys — to be opened in May — and the Packer Col- 
legiate Institute, for girls, stand the highest. 

The public, or common schools, — numbering twenty-eight for 
whites, and three for colored, — also rank equal to any in the 
State. 

Among the prominent literary institutions of the city are the 
Athen^um and the Begoklyn Institute. There are also a large 
number of institutions having a literary character, which are not 
strictly public, the advantages obtained from them being mostly 
confined to their initiated members. Of this class are, the 
Young Men's Christian Association, the Hamilton Literary 
Association, the Franklin Debating Association, and the St. 
Charles Institute, in the western district; and the Young 
Men's Christian Association, the Young Men's Association, 
Young Men's Literary Association, and Franklin Literary 
Union, in the eastern. The benevolent associations and institu- 
tions are numerous. There are a Hospital and two Dispensaries 
for medical relief, the Association for improving the Con 

DITION OF THE PoOR, the BROOKLYN BeNEVOLENT SoCIETY, the 

Industrial Schools Association, the Female Employment 
Society, the Church Charity Foundation, the Society for 
the Belief of Bespectable Aged Indigent Females, and two 
Orphan Asylum Societies, in the western district; a Dispensary 
for medical relief, the Howard Benevolent Society, the Belief 
Department of the City Missionary Society, and the Chil- 
dren's Aid Society, in the eastern. 

There are also several societies which have for their object 
the moral and religious interests of the people. These are two 
Bible Societies, and one Tract Society, and the Sunday 
School Union, of the western, and the Bible and City Mis- 
sionary Societies of the eastern district. 

The facilities for intercourse with its several parts, and with 
the neighboring city and adjacent country, are numerous. There 
are thirteen steam-ferries communicating with New York, and on 
several the boats ply day and night. Four city railroad lines, 



14 BROOKLYN CITY ANO 

using horse cars, are already in use, and four more are to be 
completed in the course of the year. These will diverge from 
the ferries to the bounds of the city in every direction, giving 
convenient access to and from the various settled localities and 
rural districts of the city : thus affording peculiar facilities and 
inducements to those doing business in the lower part of New 
York, to locate a family residence on some pleasant spot within 
our borders. 

Numerous stage lines give additional facilities for intercom- 
munication, and to the adjacent country villages. 

The city is well provided with light material, three compa- 
nies being engaged in manufacturing the gas from which the 
principal streets and public buildings, and many private dwell- 
ings, are made to blaze in light. 

The Police system of the city is now on a good footing, and 
under the command of the efiicient Chief, John S. Folk, Esq., 
supported by our philanthropic and energetic Chief Magistrate, 
Hon. George Hall, Mayor, whose election to the mayoralty 
at this time (the first under the charter of consolidation) is 
a remarkable coincidence, as he was the first called to fill that 
station under the first city charter, in 1834, At that time 
the mayor was appointed by the Board of Aldermen. There 
are in the city seven Police Districts, with an aggregate force 
of 274 men. The eighth, ninth and eighteenth wards are not in- 
cluded in the districts, each having a special police at their own 
expense. It is proposed that the police of the city, when on 
duty, wear a uniform dress nearly similar to that adopted in 
New York. 

The Fire extinguishing departments are on the voluntary 
plan and quite effective. There are two organizations, one to 
each municipal district. That of the western is under command 
of Israel D. Velsor, and the eastern of Charles C. Talbot, Chief 
Engineers. The rolling machinery, apparatus and working force 
of the western is 20 engines, 7 hose carriages, 4 hook and ladder 
trucks, and 1 bucket carriage, with a total allowance of 1'715 
men. That of the eastern is 10 engines, 4 hose carriages, 3 hook 
and ladder trucks (and 1 bucket company forming), with an al- 
lowance of 990 men. 

The number of streets and avenues opened is five hundred and 
sixteen. The number surveyed and laid out on the Commis- 
sioners' map is about seven hundred. Of parks, the only one yet 
completed is the '' City Park," near the Navy Yard ; it contains 
but a few acres. Another, and much larger one, was inclosed 
last year ; this is the "Washington Park," located on the site 
of old Fort Grreene. The grounds are to remain of the original 



KIJJ'GS COUNTY RECORD. 15 

altitude, making a commanding eminence, from which may "be 
viewed in every direction a wide expanse of city and country. 

Other parks are contemplated in different sections of the 
city. It is much to be regretted, that grounds for a public park 
were not early set apart on the brow of the " Heights," from which 
there is a magnificent panoramic view of the city and harbor 
of New York and the circumjacent islands and shores. It would 
have been a place of attractive resort, and won fame for the city, 
and honor to its projectors. 

The Greenwood Cemetery, on Gowanus Heights, in the 
southern section of the city, is famed as a beautiful and enchant- 
ing resting place for the dead. This, the oldest of the great 
cemeteries in this vicinity, was opened for interments in 1842. 

The Cypress Hills Cemetery, just beyond the bounds of the 
city, eastward, is of more recent origin, having been opened for 
interments in 1849 ; and when the grounds have been opened 
and adorned in accordance with the plans as adopted, it will be 
surpassed, in beauty of arrangement and effect, by none. 

The third great cemetery of the vicinity is the Evergreens, 
lying partly within the present limits of the city (late in the 
town of Bushwick), at its eastern extremity. Interments were 
first made here in 1849. The grounds are well adapted to the 
purpose, and are arranged with pleasing effect. 

There are several cemeteries of smaller size and less note, 
lying in and around the city : as the Calvary, on Laurel Hill ; 
Mount Olivet, near Maspeth ; and the Lutheran, near Middle 
Village, all in Queens County ; and the Union, near the Myrtle 
Avenue, plank road (eighteenth ward) ; and the Friends', north 
of the Greenwood, in the eighth ward. 

The Atlantic Dock, in the south-western part of the city, a 
capacious basin of forty acres' water surface, affords safe winter 
harbor for shipping ; and the extensive warehouses on the piers, 
give accommodation for storing their cargoes. It is designed to 
construct another basin for like purposes, bordering on Gowanus 
bay, to be called the " Erie Basin," and of more than double 
the capacity of the Atlantic Dock. 

Several handsome edifices have been erected within the last 
few years. The City Hall, situated in a triangular park bounded 
by Fulton, Court and Joralemon streets, is the chief architectural 
ornament of the city. It is built of white marble, in the Ionic 
style, with six lofty columns supporting the roof of the portico, 
and surmounted by a handsome cupola. 

Among the principal buildings lending ornament to the city, 
are the Naval Hospital, County Jail, City Hospital, Collegiate 
and Polytechnic Institute, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn 



16 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

AthenEeiim, Brooklyn Institute, Montague Hall, City Central 
Hall, Gothic Hall, and the Odeon. Several of the principal 
hotels, — the Pierrepont House, Mansion House, and Globe Ho- 
tel, — are spacious and handsome edifices. 

The manufacturing carried on in the city is extensive and 
varied, and the capital invested amounts to several millions. 

Ship building is carried on to a large extent on the margin 
of the East river, in the eastern district. 

The United States Navy Yard, on the Wallabout Bay, is a 
work of considerable magnitude and cost, and employs a large 
number of men. The yard proper embraces an area of about 
forty-five acres, inclosed by a brick wall. The Government Dry 
Dock is located here. The occupation at that place of so large 
an area (about two hundred acres) for government uses, is con- 
sidered detrimental to the interests of Brooklyn, as the space 
could be more advantageously occupied for manufacturing, trade 
and commerce. A movement is on foot, asking legislative au- 
thority to allow the city of Brooklyn to re-purchase a large por- 
tion of it from the General Government. Should the city be 
empowered to purchase it, and the negotiation prove successful, 
it would result in vast benefit to that locality, and open along 
the water-front a more direct communication between the west- 
ern and eastern districts. 

In one important matter the city yet stands in the back 
ground, and that is an abundant supply of pure and wholesome 
water, suited to all the wants of its inhabitants. The subject 
has long been agitated, and various plans suggested for effecting 
the desired object, but none of them have secured the popular 
favor, and consequently the project has failed of accomplish- 
ment. 

One plan advocated is to bring the water of certain ponds 
and streams of Long Island into the city by means of conduits 
and reservoirs, at a cost of $4,500,000. Another proposes to 
raise it from deep and capacious wells to be constructed for the 
purpose. 

It would be a matter for congratulation should an economical 
and effective scheme be devised that would meet with acceptance, 
and its advantages be speedily secured. 

BEOOKLYN AS IT WAS. 

The first settlement of an European in the town of Brooklyn 
was made by George Jansen de Rapelye, a Hollander, at the 
Waale Bog'ht (Wallabout), in the year 1625. 

Between the years 1642 and 1647, patents were obtained 



KINGS COUNTY IlECORP. 17 

from William Kieft, the Dutch director general of the then 
called New Netherlands, of the tract of land on the west end of 
Long Island, lying between the Wallabout bay and Red Hook, 
to which the name of Breuckelin was given — afterward modern- 
ized to Brooklyn, The name has undergone many orthographical 
changes from the original, as the following literatim examples 
from records of olden time will show : — Breuckelen, Breuck- 
len, Breukelen, Breuklen, Breucklyn, Breucklyne, Breuckland, 
Broockeland, Broockland, Brookland. 

There is extant a record of the Town Council as far back as 
1671, broken only by an interval of eight years, from 1776 to 
1784, the troublous period of the revolutionary war, during which 
no records were kept. 

The following statistics will be found interesting. In 1706 
there were sixty-four freeholders within the precinct ; and in 
1802, ninety-six years later, the number had increased to only 
eighty-six. In 1800 the total population was 3,298 ; in 1810, 
4,402; in 1820, 7,175; in 1830, 15,292; in 1835, the first year 
after it was incorporated as a city, 24,310; in 1840, 36,233; in 
1845, 50,574; and in 1850, 96,850. It is estimated that the 
census of 1855 will show an aggregate of 145,000 within the 
precinct of old Brooklyn. 

In 1823 there were but three houses for public religious wor- 
ship : one Protestant Episcopal, one Reformed Dutch, and one 
Methodist Episcopal; — in 1S34, the number had increased to fif- 
teen of all denominations. Since that time, churches have multi- 
plied so rapidly and become so numerous as to gain for the city a 
distinctive appellation. In 1834 the number of public schools was 
but three; in 1854 there were fourteen for whites, and two for 
colored. In 1834 there were only two ferries to New York — the 
Falton and Catharine — both of which ceased running at mid- 
night. The shores bordering on the East river and bay, for 
nearly their whole extent from AVallabout bay to Red Hook, 
were in the condition moulded by the hand of nature. At this 
time there were not many streets opened ; and of the then few 
houses, a small number were clustered about the Fulton ferry, 
and the remainder sparsely scattered along Fulton street, over 
the Heights, and in the direction of the Nav}'' Yard. 

The number of buildings in 1854 was 19,576, of which 
13,582 were occupied solely as dwellings, and 3,225 as stores 
and dwellings combined. 

In 1832, but three streets were dimly lighted with oil lamps; 
the succeeding year, thirteen more were so favored. In 1849, 
gas was first introduced into the city, to the great convenience 
and advantage of the inhabitants. 



18 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



In 1834, two weekly newspapers — the " Long Island Star,'^ 
and the " Patriot " — were published in the city. Little or no 
commerce or manufacturing was then carried on ; the business 
and trade of the place being what was required to meet the local 
wants. 

The total valuation of real and personal property was, in 
1824, $2,600,080; 1834, $15,642,290 ; 1835, $26.390,151 ; 1836, 
$32,428,942; 1837, 26,895,074; 1838, $25,198,956. The ap- 
parent depreciation of more than $7,000,000 in two years, was 
doubtless owing to the high speculative value which real estate 
had attained in 1835-36, and the disastrous revulsion which oc- ^i 
curred in 1837. In consequence of this, the aggregate tax valu- 1 
ation for the eight years succeeding 1838 rose but slowly; it {I 
being only $26,933,613 in 1846, notwithstanding the addition, ]' 
during those eight years, of 25,000 to the population. 

The total valuation in 1854 was $72,849,998— $64,665,117 
real estate, and $8,184,881 personal property. 

The village of Brooklyn was incorporated April 10th, 1816. 
The corporate limits extended only a short distance from Fulton 
ferry, the nucleus of business. A city charter was obtained at 
the legislative session of 1834, after a strenuous opposition from 
the city of New York, The Act was passed the 8th, and went 
into effect the 10th of April of that year. The municipal limits 
extended to the boundary of the township of Brooklyn. 

In 1821 the village comprised one school district, and the 
number of children taught in the district school was 188, although 
there were 1280 in the district between the years of five and 
fifteen. 

The expense of conducting all the public affairs of the vil- 
lage from May 18th, 1821, to June 25th, 1822, was $1,878,65, 
and the estimated expense for the year 1830-31 was $10,000. 



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(CONSOLipATED) 

BROOKL Y]Sr 

CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 1855. 



MAYOR. 
GEORGE HALL. 

Office, City Hall. 

City Clerk and Clerk of the Common Council. 

William G. Bishop. 
Office, City Hall. 

Attorney and Counsellor. 

Nathaniel F. Waring. 
Office, City Hall. 



ALDERMEN. 



Daniel P. Barnard, 

1st Ward. — John Cashow, 

2d " Daniel T. Leverich, 

3d " Daniel P. Barnard, 

4th " Charles C. Fowler, 

5th " William W. Gardiner, 

6th " Augustus E. Masters, 

7th " Alden S. Crowell, 

8th " Cornelius Bennett, 

9th " William T. Mills, 

10th " John G. Clayton, 

nth " William W. Walsh, 

12th " Timothy Bannon, 

13th " Jared Sparks, 

14th " George W. Baker, 

15th " Andrew Cunningham, 

16th " Edwin S. Ralphs, 

17th " Ethan S. Blanck, 

18th " Daniel Luyster, 



*^* The first 
lot in accordance 



named Alderman of each Ward serves but one year, as classified 
with the provision of the Charter, Title 2, sections 4 and 5. 



President. 
George L. Bennett, 
Edward Pell, 
Benjamin F. Wardwell, 
John K. Oakley, 
Robert M. Whiting, 
Albert B. Capwell, 
Cornelius R. Atwater, 
John V. Bergen, 
William H. Campbell, 
Smith Fancher, 
Edward T. Backhouse, 
Thomas Mulcahy, 
Richard H. Huntley, 
John Linsky, 
Thomas Eames, 
John Maerz, 
Job Davis, 
George M. Troutman. 

by 



20 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



STANDING COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL. 

The Mayor is ex-officio, a member of all the Committees. 
The first named on each committee is chairman thereof. 

Assessiueiits. 

Aldermen Fowler, Campbell,, Eames, Bannon, and Barnard. 

Meet Fridays, 7 P. M. 
Claims ag'aiiist the City of Brooklyn, prior to 1855. 

Aldermen Backhouse, Capwell, Atwater, Mills, and Bannon. 

Fridays, 7 P. M. 
Claims ag^ainst tlie late City of Williamsbiirghi. 

Aldermen Atwater, Linskj, Sparks, Ralphs, and Eames. 

Old Hall Eastern District, Wednesdays, 7 P. M. 

Claims ag'aiiist the late Town of Busliwick* 

Aldermen Troutman, Blanck, Luyster, Davis, and Maerz. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 

Ferry and. Water Rigrhts. 

Aldermen Bergen, Fowler, Baker, Fancher, and Gr. L. Bennett. 

Specially called. 
Finance. 

Aldermen Huntley, Pell, Fowler, Troutman, and Backhouse. 

Wednesdays, 7 P. M. 

Fire Department, Eastern District. 

Aldermen Eames, Linsky, Huntley, Davis, and Baker. 

Old Hall, Eastern District, Fridays, 7 P. M. 

Fire Department^ Western District. 

Aldermen Fancher, Pell, Crowell, Bannon. and Walsh. 

Fridays, 7 P. M. 
Gas. 

Aldermen Davis, Pell, Clayton, Linsky, and Oakley. 

Wednesdays 7 P. M. 
Hospitals. 

Aldermen Mills, Huntley, Crowell, Walsh, and C. Bennett. 

1st Tuesday of each month, 7 P. M. 
L.amps. 
Aldermen Cashow, Gardiner, Masters, Cunningham, and Eames. 

Thursdays, 8 P. M. 

liaws) and Applications to the liCgrislaturc. 

Aldermen Sparks, Capwell, Atwater, Baker, and Wardwell. 

Fridays, 7 30 P. M. 
markets. 

Aldermen Leverich, Gardiner, Oakley, Mills, and Fancher. 

TlmrBdays, 7 P. M. 



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Police* 

Aldermen Masters, Ralphs, Whiting, Troutman, and Clayton. 

Meet Thursdays, 7 P. M. 

Printingr* 

Aldermen Clayton. Cunningham, Leverich, Maerz, and Oakley. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 

Property and Assets lield by the Cities of Brooklyn and 
Willicimsburg'li, and To^vn of Busliwick, prior to 1855 
(purstuaut to Section 15, Title 10, of <Jity Cliarter) . 

Aldermen Backhouse, Huntley, and Troutman. 

Wednesdays, 7 P. M. 
Public Cisterns. 

Aldermen Blanck, AYardwell, Gardiner, "Whiting and Mulcahy. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 
Public Lands and Building's. 

Aldermen Gr. L. Bennett, Campbell, Eames, Whiting, and Crowell. 

Specially called. 
Public Sewers, Culverts, and Grades. 

Aldermen Pell, Masters, Mulcahy, Davis, and Ralphs. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 
Railroads. 

Aldermen Ralphs, Wardwell, Crowell, Sparks, and C. Bennett. 

Thursdays, 7P.M. 

Schools, Arts, and Sciences. 

Aldermen Capwell, Sparks, Ralphs, Barnard, and Whiting, 

3d Tuesday of each mouth, 7.30 P. M, 
Sf^ets and Avenues, Grading* and Paving*. 

Aldermen Oakley, Blanck, Backhouse, C. Bennett, and Cashow. 

Wednesdays, 7 P. M. 
Streets, Avenues and Parks, Opening*. 

Aldermen Crowell, Davis, Capwell, Eames, and Bergen. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 
Stag*es. 

Aldermen Maerz, Masters, Luyster, Leverich, and Gardiner. 

Thursdays, 7 P. M. 

Supplies and Expenses of Departments. 

Aldermen Walsh, Cunningham, Fancher, Mills, and Cashow. 

Wednesdays, 7.30 P. M. 
AVater. 

Aldermen Wardwell, Bergen, Fowler, Blanck, and Gr. L. Bennett. 

Specially called. 
Wells and Pumps. 

Aldermen Campbell, Cashow, Mulcahy, Baker, and Barnard. 

Saturdays, 5 P. M. 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



OFFICERS OF DEPARTMENTS, 

Deputies, Assistants, and. Clerks. 

Those marked thus * are continued in office by provision of City Charter, title xi, sec. 15. 

City Clerk, 
Dejjuty ClerJ:^ 
Assistant Clerk, 



Attorney and Counsellor to 
the Corporation^ 

Assistant Attorney (E. D.) 

Clerk, 

Corporation Counsel^ 
Williamsbiirgh^ 

Comptroller^ 

Dejnity do., 

Auditor^ 

Clerk, 

Street Commissioner, 

Deputy, 

Assistant Clerk, 

Collector, 

Ordinance Clerk, 

Street Commis'r, W^msburgh 

Deputy, 

Treasurer, 

Commissioner of Repairs 
and Supplies, 

Deputy, 

Foremxui, 

Collector of Taxes and Assess- 
ments, W. Dist. 

Assistant, 

Assessment Clerk, 

Return Clerk, 

Redemption Clerk, 

Arrears Cler/c, 

Abstract Clerk, 

General Clerk, 



*WiT,LiAM G. Bishop. 
Samuel J. Burr. 
Peter B. Hegeman. 
Oliver Faurot. 
John Finn. 

*Nat'l F. Waring. 

John Winslow. 
Nicholson P. O'Brien. 
Abraham W. Birkbeck. 

■ *JoHN Dean. 

William B. Lewis. 
Horatio A. Carter. 
Daniel L. Northup. 
Thomas Cotrel. 
*A. T. Lawrence. 
William P. Lawrence. 
Daniel S. Briant. 
George W. Prince. 
William S. Osborn. 
*Leonard T. Coles. 
A. M. Gee. 
Crawford C. Smith. 

*JoHN M. Perry. 

Jotham E. Perry. 
A. H. Chichester. 

*Alfred M. Wood. 

Isaac Badeau. 
Ethan Estabrook. 
George Hall. 
William N. Clem. 
Albert H. Osborn. 
Edgar H. Bogers. 



A. W. H. Gill. 
fJ. Angus (7th & nth Wards). 
Deputy Collectors of Assess-] J. H. Powell (9th Ward). 

mcnts^ ] G. Voorhees ( 1 st to 6th Wards). 

L J. A. Walsh (8th & 10th Wds). 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



23 



Collector of Taxes and ) ^y tit t, 

. ^ . Ti TT X > John VV. JLJraisted. 

Assess?nents, h. Dist. ^ 

Deputij, John S. Litchfield. 

Health Officer^ Matthew Wendell, M. D. 



OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL. 



Keeper of City Hall and 

Messengei' of Board, 
Keeper of City Parks, 

Sealers of Weights and Mea- 
sures, W. District, 

Sealers of Weights and Mea- 
sures, E. District, 

Inspectors of Meat, W. Dis- 
trict, 

Inspectors of Meat, E. Dis- 
trict, 

Clerk of the Markets, 

Inspectors of Pavements, W. 
District, 

Inspector of Pavements, E. 
District, 

Pound Master, W. District, 



Moses Abbott. 

Richard Coffin. 
William Utter. 
J. D. Brewer. 
Thomas Pettit. 
John Powell. 
James Smith. 

Valentine Carman. 
James Titus. 

Robert Reynolds. 
Jeremiah Coffin. 

Peter J. Van Dine. 
Samuel Doxsey. 
Hicks Post, 

John Montgomery. 

Louis Nichols. 
Daniel Brooks. 



Inspector of Hacks, Stages, SfC, Horace Strang. 

Wm. S. Wright. 

Stephen H. Mann 
Fire Wardens, W. District,-^ A. F. Campbell. 

Stephen Roof. 



Fire Wardens, E. District, 



Bell Ringers, W. District, 



Bell Ringers, E. District, 



[^Robert Barr, 

^ William V, Hanson. 
\ Cornelius Woglom. 
C Louis Dubois, 
< Joseph Montross. 
( Smith U. Cox. 
r John Jackson. 
J Edward Wade. 
I Arthur Basset. 
L William H. Ward. 



24 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



Willard Day. 
George H. Day. 
Koswell Graves. 
Richard Butt. 
Silas Ludlam. 
John S. Stoddard, 



City Surveyors. 

Tennis G. Bergen. 
Leander N. Vibbard. 
Alfred Rolfe. 
John Rolfe. 
Sidney A. Beers. 
Jarvis Whitman. 



Thomas W. Field. 
L. L. Bartlett. 
J. V. Meserole. 
J. G. Morgan. 
J. P. Morgan. 
P. G. Van Alst. 



Josiah M. Grumman. 



George Stoddard. 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



StJPEKVISOMS. 



1st' Ward, William Hinman. 10th Ward, 

2d '' Seth Bradford. 11th " 

3d " Amos P. Stanton. 12th " 

4th " Isaac Allen. 13th " 

5th " Jacob B. Stryker. 14th " 

6th " William C. Heaton. 15th " 

7th " Edward Rowe. IGth " 

8th " John Farrell. 17th " 

9th " John S. Bogart. 18th " 



ASSESSORS. 

1st Ward, George N. Mead. 10th Ward, 

2d " William Mullen. 

3d " Robert J. Luckey. 

4th " Ezra Baldwin. 

5th " Murray Whiting. 

6th " *John P. Allison. 

7th " Norris Evans. 

8th ^' Zebulon R. Combs 

9th " John Flood. 

George L 



11th 
12th 
13th 
14th 
15th 
16th 
17th 
18th 
Thatcher, 

* President. 



SeC7 



Benj. P. Middleton. 
Thomas S. Denike. 
John Garland. 
W. E. Caldwell. 
James Nolan. 
John B. Thursby. 
David Lindsay. 
H. B. Fenton. 
Henry D. Woodruff. 

Charles L. Franklin. 
Reuben Isdell. 
Thomas Courtney. 
Aaron V. Cannon. 
Philip Brady. 
Joseph T. Miller. 
John A. Saal. 
Amos W. Silkworth. 
Jacob Bennett. 
•etary. 



COMMISSIONER.S OF EXCISE. 



1st Ward, Edward E. Collins. 
' Hooper C. Packard. 
' *Alexander Studwell. 



2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

6th 

7 th 

8th 

9th 



George I. Bennett. 
Patrick Kelan. 
*J. Milton Smith. 

* James Maloy. 
Horace R. Fletcher. 

* Thomas Hamilton. 



10th Ward, *Smith A. Parkes. 

11th " Ambrose L. Bruen. 

12th " John Flaherty. 

13th *• * Jos. H. Vandewater. 

14th " Patrick Gaynor. 

15th " *Samuel Taylor. 

16th " * John Wills. 

17th " Jacob Hendrickson. 

18th " *Robert Shotwell. 



* Serve but one year, as classified by lot, in accordance with the provision of the Char- 
ter, Title 8, Sections 2 and 3. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 



25 





CONSTABLES. 


1st Ward 


Henry Oakey. 


10th Ward, 


2d " 


James A. Birdsall. 


11th " 


3d " 


John Pearsall. 


12th " 


4th " 


John L. White. 


13th " 


5th " 


Thomas Fields. 


14th " 


6th " 


Wm. W. Randolph. 


15th " 


7th " 


Asa Hubbell. 


16th " 


8th " 


Carman Wilson. 


17th " 


9th " 


Peter Valentine. 


18th " 



James Hennigar. 
Alfred Horton. 
John R. Corr. 
James T. Marsh. 
Thomas Gilroy. 
Oscar Myers. 
Nicholas Henry. 
Isaac Thompson. 
James Semlear. 



"Ward. DisL 



5. < 2.— 



1.— 

2.— 



13. 



U. 



INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. 

Charles H. Thomson, Henry Spear. 
•George Sweeney, Russell Kelsey. 
•Russell F. Hulse, Gerard M. Stevens. 
George W. Prince, Bernard McLaughlin. 
Walter Barre, Edwin H. Burnett. 
•John B. Stratton, William W. Dainker. 
William H. Wright, Edwin Beers. 
Ephraim Whitlock, Horatio A. Carter. 
Joel Conklin, Simeon A. Graves. 
•Cornelius Higgins, Hugh Bell. 
James Mackey, John H. Williams. 
•Patrick Keelan, Thomas Burns. 
■Stephen Kidder, Dennis Hagerty. 
-John H. Lewis, John Blackmore. 
-Isaac Meserole, Jonathan Rogers. 
•Stephen Baldwin, Grenville Hay dock. 
William P. Williams, James Dorney. 
Bernard O'Neill, Ludlow Miller. 
•William H. Noe, Stephen H. Cahoone. 
Edwin 0. Burling, Samuel Van Wyck. 
■E. Van Saun, John Hodgkin. 
•Amasa Thayer, William T. Skidmore. 
•Robert Douglass, Ezra Hyde. 
■George Mitchell, True W. Rollins. 
•Michael Donnelly, John Schmadeke. 
■Patrick E. Dillon, Jeremiah Quaid. 
■Thomas J. Morrell, Peter Coffee. 
•Charles Wendell, Phineas Jacobs. 
-Patrick Wheelan, Edward Nolan. 
-Marcellus P. Betts, Henry Devoe. 
2 



26 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



15. 

16. 

17. 
18. 



( 1. — Daniel Brooks, John W. Ilandford. 
( 2. — James L. Wilson, Joseph Anderson. 
C 1. — Winthrop Wilson, James P. Cruickshank. 
( 2. — Daniel H. Feeks, Charles Kiehl. 

James P. Hallett, John Silkworth. 

James Cleaveland, Joseph McCoun. 



LOCAIi JUDICIARY. 

Erastus D. Culver, City Hall. 
Daniel K. Smith, City Hall. 
*Henry C. Boswell, Cells N. Fifth st. 
t Jacob C. Blachly, 3d. dist. Police Station. 
JHenry P. Curtis, City Hall 
^ Henry D. Woodworth, 6th. dist. Police St'n. 
^Chamicey Perry, Franklin st. cor. Clinton av. 
Joseph E. Palmer, 161 S. Eighth st. 
II Enoch Jacobs. 129^ Grand St. 
Jacob L. Fenn, 281 Grand st. 
_ Daniel Mansfield, 347 Grand st. 

* Claiming: continuance in office under Williamsburgli charter. 

t Justice of tlie 1st District, coinprisin;^ all tliat part of the old City of Brooklyn west 
ot Fulton St. and south of Fnlton av., andingluding the 9th Ward. 

i Justice of the 2d District, coniiiri^ing; all tliatpart of the old City of Brooklyn east of 
Fulton St. and north of Fulton av., except the 9th Ward. 

§ Late of the Town of Bushwick, and continued iu office. 

i Appointed in place of James }1. Aymar. 



City Judge, 
Police Justices, 



Justices of the 
Peace, 



EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 

ABOARD OF EDUCATION 

Meet 1 5^ Tuesday of every month, at 4 P. M. 

Office, Eed Hook Lane, between Fulton and Livingston streets. 

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 1855. 

President, CYRUS P. SMITH. 

Vice President, EDWARD W. DUNHAM. 

Superintendent and Secretary, J. W. BULKLEY. 

Clerk, HENRY DEAN. 



MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 



Edward Anthony. 
Abraham B. Bayh's. 
Richard W. Beebe. 
John Bellingham. 
Dehart Bergen. 



W. S. Dillingham. 
Edward W. Dunham. 
Thomas W. Field. 
John Greenwood. 
John Halsej. 



Henry R. Pierson. 
Theo. Polhemus, jr. 
Grahams PoUey. 
William Poole. 
James M. Seabury. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



27 



John G. Bergen. 
Peter G. Bergen. 
Samuel Booth. 
J. Brinkerhoj[f. 
H. G. Burnham. 
Jonathan S. Burr. 
Wallace E. Caldwell. 
William W. Crane. 
John D. Cocks. 
Edward Copland. 



Stephen Crowell. 
William M. Harris. 
Henry Harteau. 
Stephen Haynes. 
James How. 
John W. Hunter. 
George W. Kelsey. 
C. A. Lay. 
F. R. Morris. 
James J. Murdock. 



John M. Phelps. 
J. Silkworth. 
Cyrus P. Smith. 
J. Stewart. 
Thomas Sullivan. 
Fiteh Taylor. 
Peter G. Taylor. 
John S. Thome. 
Robert G. Thursby. 
Charles F. Tuttle. 



* A Board of Education was first established in Brooklyn, Jan. 10th, 18S9. 



PRINCIPALS OF PUBIilC SCHOOLS AND LOCATION OF SCHOOL 

HOUSES. 

Lyman E. White. 
J. Sand. 
F. D. Clarke. 
Samuel C. Barnes. 
Charles B. Goodsell. 
David Syme, A. M. 
F. C. Buck. 
Josiah Reeve. 
E. Spafard. 
Peter Rouget. 

B. F. Libbey. 
E. S. Adams. 
A. B. Clarke. 

C. H. Kimball. 

Thomas S. Weeks. 
Henry D. Woodsworth. 
William A. Fitch. 
Thomas W. Valentine. 
Mrs. Charlotte D. Kelly. 
Kate McWilliams. 
Joshua B. GrifSng. 
J. M. Witherspoon. 
William M. Kerr. 



1. Adams street, cor. Concord. 

2. Fort^'-'Seventh street, bet. 8d. and 4th Avs. 

3. Bedford av., cor. Putnam av. 

4. Classon av., n. Flushing av. 
6. Myrtle av., cor. Gold. 

6. Warren street, n. Court. 

7. York St., n. Bridge. 

8. Middagh street, n. Henry. 

9. Prospect Hill. 

10. 18th street, n. 3d Av. 

11. Washington av., n. Greene av. 

12. Adelphi street, n. Myrtle av. 

13. Degi'aw street, n. Hicks. 

14. Concord street, cor. Navy. 

15. Walworth street (not organized). 

16. (late No. 1) South 3d street, cor. Fifth. 

17. (late No. 2) North 5th street, cor. Fifth. 

18. (late No. 3) Remsen street, n. Leonard. 

19. (late No. 4) South 2d street, cor. Tenth. 

20. South 4th St. n. Eighth. 

21. McKibbin street, n. Ewen. 

22. Union av., n. Java st. 

23. Bushwick av., n. North 2d street. 

24. Washington street, cor. Prospect. 



PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 

North 6th street, n. First. 
North 8d street, bet. Second and Third. 
North 1st street, bet. Third and Fourth. 
Ninth street, n. Ainslie. 



Mrs. Mary Cooper. 

Mrs. Ellen McMann. 
Mrs. S. A. Brown. 



COLORED SCHOOLS. 



1. Willoughby street, n. Raymond. 

2. Weeksville. 

8. Tenth st, n. North 2d. 



William J. Wilson. 
Junius C. Morel, 
Samuel S. Rankins. 



28 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

Chief, JOHN S. FOLK. 

Office — 6 Basement^ City Hall. 

Clerkj Benjamin S. Moreliouse. 

i Aury Snediker. 
Attaches to Chief ^s office^ < Samuel Hubbs. 

f William M. Eaynor. 

CAPTAINS AND ASSISTANTS. 

First District, comprising 1st, 3d, and 4th "Wards. 
Police Station^ No. 1 Basement^ City Hall. 
Captain^ Joel Smith. 

Assistants, \ ^^"^^^ ^/^,^^^- 

' { Ueorge Latham. 

Force 54 men. 

Second District, comprising 2d and 5th Wards. 
Felice Station, York street, cor. Jay. 

Captain, Thomas King. 

Bennett. 
Van Keuren. 
Force 36 men. 

Third District, comprising 6th, 10th, and 12th Wards. 
Police Station, Court street, n. Butler. 
Captain, William Vanderveer. 

Assistants, \ T'^^'^'^.^IT' 

' I Jacob M. Stigers. 

Force 56 men. 

Fourth District, comprising 7th and 11th Wards. 
Police Station, cm\ Vanderhilt and Myrtle avs. 
Captain, Richard W. Call. 

AssistoMs, S^Ss^wf'- 



Assistants, \ j 



Force 46 men. 



KINGS COUNTY EECORD. 29 

Fifth District, comprising 13th and 14th Wards. 
Police Station^ cor. Fifth st. and North 2d. 
Captain^ Henry Guischard. 

Assistants \ ^^^"^ ^- ^^''''^• 

jissisiants, ^ p^^^^ Bennett. 

Force 36 men. 

Sixth District, comprising 15th and 16th Wards. 

Police Station, Wyckoff street, n. Ewen. 

Captain^ Napthali H. Dibble. 

Assistants, ^'Robert Cox. 

' ( Henry Jooyce. 

Force 36 men 

Seventh District, comprising 17th Ward. 

Police Station, F anklin street, cor. Greenpohit av. 

Captain, John Still well. 

Assistants, ^ George W Bruce. 

' ( James J. King. 

Force — 12 men. 

WARD POLICE. 

8th Ward— Police Station, 19th st. cor, 4th av. 
Force — 12 men. 

9th Ward — Police Station, Fulton av. n. Bedford av. 
Force — 16 men. 

18th Ward— Police Station. 
Force — 10 men. 



riRE DEPARTMENT. 

Western District. 

BOARD OF ENGINEERS. 

Chikf Engineer, ISRAEL D. VELSOR. 

Office, Basement, City Hall. 

Assistant Engineer, George Staley. 

" " George Atwater. 

" " John Taylor. 

" " Joseph Reeve. 

" " Evert B. Riell. 



30 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



BOARD OF OFFICERS, 

Consisting of the Chief and 1 Assistant Engineer, and the Foreman of 

each Company. 

Meet at FiremerCs Hall, \st Thursday in March ^ June, September and Dec. 

Chairman, ISRAEL D. VELSOR. 

Sec. and Treasurer ^ Henry C. Franklin. 



OFFICERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND. 

Meet at Firemeii^s Hall. 



President^ 
Vice President 
Treasurer^ 
Secretary^ 
Collector. 



Trustees, 



A. J. S. Degrauw. 
Marius Brandegee. 
Elisha B. Morrell. 
George H. Hayward. 
Kicliard Smith. 

"The Foreman of each Engine, 

tHose, Hook and Ladder and 
Bucket Co., and a member of 
the Board of Engineers. 



FIRE WARDENS. 

Wm. S. Wright. Stephen H. Mann. A. F. Campbell. 

Ptobert Barr. Stephen Roof. 

The Mayor and Aldermen are Fire Wardens, ex-officio. 
The City Clerk is, ex-officio, Clerk of the Board of Fire 
Wardens. 



EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

Meet at City Hall, Room Fo. 2, Basement, 1st Thursday in each month. 

President^ Daniel Yan Voorhis. 
l5^ Vice President, Greorge Hall. 



2d 

Sd " " 

4th " " 

5th « '' 

Pec. Secretary, 

Cor. Secretary, 

Treasurer., 



Geo. W. A. Everitt. 
Morris Simonson. 
Walter Barre. 
Jacob B. Striker. 
Thomas B. Merccin. 
William E. Sprague. 
Henry Oakley. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



31 



No. 



3.- 

4.- 

6.- 

6.- 

1.- 

8.- 

9.- 

10.- 

11.- 

12.- 

13.- 

14.- 

15.- 

16.- 

17.- 

18.- 

19.- 

20.- 



Name. 
-Washington, 
-Neptu.ne, 
-Franklin, 
-Eagle, 
-Union, 
-Pkotection, 
-Constitution, 
-Niagara, 
-Continental, 
-Columbia, 
-Jackson, 
-Phcenix, 
-Atlantic, 
-Pacific, 
-Hamilton, 
-Mount Prospect, 
-Brooklyn, 
-Independence, 
-Empire, 
-Clinton, 



1. — Atlantic, 
2. — Mechanic, 
3. — Alert, 
4. — Mont AUK, 
5. — Frontier, 
6. — Washington, 
7. — Americus, 



1. — Lafayette, 
2. — Clinton, 
3. — Empire, 
4. excelsiok, 



FIRE APPARATUS. 

Engine Companies. 

Location. 
Prospect st, n. Main, 
Hicks St. n. Degraw, 
Henry st. n. Cranberry, 
High st. n. Fulton, 
Canton st. n. Myrtle av., 
Pearl st. n. Concord, 
Front st. n. Bridge, 
Jay St. n. Myrtle av., 
Myrtle av. cor. Vanderbilt av., 
Bedford av. n. Myrtle av.. 
Gold st. n. Concord, 
Graham st, n. Flushing av., 
Court st. n. Livingston, 
Pierrepont st, n. Fulton, 
Van Brunt st, n, Hamilton av. 
State st, n. Nevin, 
Lawrence st, n. Myrtle av. 
Court st. n, Butler, 
Bergen st, n. Court, 
Vanderbilt av. n. Fulton av., 

Hose Companies. 

Henry st. n. Cranberry, 
Jay st. n. Tillary, 
Hoyt st. n. Livingston, 
Degraw st. n. Court, 
Hudson av. n. York st., 
Adelphi st. n. Myrtle av. 
High st. n. Gold, 

Hook and liadder Companies. 

Henry st. n. Cranberry, 
Pearl st. n. Concord, 
Bedford av. n. Myrtle av. 
Bergen st. n. Court, 



Foremen. 
William Fitch. 
James McQueen. 
Robert Barre. 
F. B. Spinola. 
James McMullen. 
Richard Cole. 
James Hurley. 
Chas, F. Elwell. 
David Evans. 
Henry Dobson. 
Charles Beck. 
Frederick Schols. 
John C. Roach. 
James K. Legget. 
James Booth. 
Thomas Cook. 
Sidney Laramore. 
John Gedney. 
William Inglis. 
David S. Simpson. 



Charles Ketchum. 
Peter H. Taws. 
Farrell Ward. 
David C. Healey. 
John R. Patterson. 
Wm. G. Degroot. 
Charles McColgaru 



Joseph Montross. 
James C. Bryan. 
John G. Eberle. 
David KendalL 



1. — Crystal, 



Backet Company. 

Love Lane u. Henry st. 



Matthew HalL 



Fire Alarm Bells. 

Citv Hall. Calvary Church, Engine House, No 12. 

City Armory. Eneine House, No. 15. 2d Dist. Station House. 

3d Dist. Station House. 4th Dist. Station House. . 



BELL RINGERS, CITY HALL. 

Louis Dubois, Joseph Montross. Smith U. Cox. 



32 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



FIRE DISTRICTS. 

Boundaries. 

First District. — Bounded by Montague st., Clinton st., 
Fulton St., Tillary st., Washington st., and East River to Mon- 
tague st. 

Second District. — Bounded by Montague st., Clinton st., 
Atlantic st., Court st., Gowanus bay, New York bay, and East 
Kiver, to Montague st. 

Third District. — Bounded by Court st., Atlantic st., Smith 
St., Fulton av., Bedford av., Atlantic av., Atlantic st., Flatbush 
av.. Fifth av., Thirty-sixth st., and Gowanus bay to Court st. 

Fourth District. — Bounded by Clinton av., Fulton a v. Jay 
st. to Johnson st., a straight line thence to intersection of Navy 
St. and Flushing av., and Flushing av. to Clinton av. 

Fifth District. — Bounded by "Washington st., Tillary st.. 
Jay St. to Johnson st., a straight line thence to south-west corner 
of Navy Yard, thence along Navy Yard wall to East River, and 
East River to Washington st. 

Sixth District. — Bounded by Tillary st.. Jay st., Smith st., 
Atlantic st., Clinton st., and Fulton st. to Tillary st. 
'^ Seventh District. — Bounded by Clinton av., Fulton av., 
Bedford av., Dekalb av., Nostrand, av., and Flushing av. to 
Clinton av. 

PUBLIC CISTERNS. 

1 Comer High street and Fulton. 1 Brooklyn Market, James street 

2 Second Presb. Church, Clinton street. 1 Poplar street, cor. Bugbies alley. 
1 Congregational Church, Cranberry street 1 Bridge street, cor. Sands. 

1 City Armory, Cranberry street 1 Junction of Washington and Fulton Bts. 

1 Nassau street, cor. Bridge. 1 Orange street cor. Willow. 

1 Jay street, cor. High. 1 Skilman street cor- Park av. 

1 Concord street, cor. Washington. 1 Bridge street, cor. Myrtle av. 

1 Catholic Church, Jay street 1 Court street n. Sackett 

1 Pearl street n. Nassau. 1 Schermerhorn street n. Bond. 

1 Prospect street, cor. Washington. 1 Hanover place, n. Fulton av. 

1 Prospect street, cor. Jay. 1 Classon av., cor. Park av. 

1 Prospect street, cor. Hudson av. 1 Poplar street, cor. W^illow. 

2 Methodist Church, York street 1 Middagh street, cor. Hicks. 
1 Brooklyn Garden, Fulton street. 1 Monroe pi. 

1 Willow street, n. Clark. 1 Henry street cor. Harrison. 

1 Henry street, cor. Love Lane. • 1 Cumberland street cor. Lafayette av. 

1 Court street cor. Harrison. 1 Fulton street, cor. Henry. 

1 Atlantic street cor. Smith. 1 Hicks street, cor. Fulton. 

1 Baptist Church, Nassau street. 1 Pearl street cor. Tillary. 

1 Hicks street, n. Mansion House. 1 Jay street cor. Johnson. 

1 Degraw street, n. Cheever pi. 1 Concord street cor. Adams. 

1 Henry street cor. Pacific. 1 Concord street cor. -Jay. 

1 Washington av., n. Public School. 1 State street, cor. Henry. 

1 Adelphi street n. Dekalb av. 1 Clinton street cor. Amity. 

1 York street, n. Poarl. 1 Clinton street, cor. Joralemon. 

1 Hudson av., cor. Myrtle av. 1 Court street cor. Warren. 

1 Bridge street cor. Willoughby. 1 Prince street n. Myrtle av. 

1 Church of the Pilgrims. Henry street 1 Myrtle av., cor. Kaymond street 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 33 



1 Smith street, cor. E. Baltic. 1 Johnson street, cor. Prince, 

1 Joralemon street, cor. Henry. 1 Prince street, cor. Fleet 

1 Jay street, cor. Myrtle av. 1 Henry street, cor. Clark. 

1 Columbia street, opposite Clark. 1 Nassau street, n. Gold. 

1 Livingston street, cor. Hoyt. 1 Hicks street, cor. Luqueer. 

1 Myrtle av., cor. Carlton av. 1 Clinton street, n. Fulton av. 

1 Pineapple street, n. Hicks. 1 Clermont av., n. Public School, No. 12. 

1 Court street, n. Atlantic. 1 Columbia street, cor. Middagh. 
1 Hudson av., cor. Front street 



FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

Eastern District. 
BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

Meet at Firemen's Hall^ 2d Thursday in each movXh. 

President, DEMAS STRONG. 

Vice President^ Henry G. Disbrow. 

Secretary^ 

Treasurer^ William Meekes. 

Collector^ 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

Meet at Firemen's Hall, 1st Tltursday in Jan., March, May, and Nov, 

Chairman, WILLIAM V. HANSON. 

Secretary^ 

Treasurer^ William Meekes. 

Collector^ 

EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

Meet at Firemen's Hall, \st Thursday in Jan., April, July, and Oct. 

President, WILLIAM V. HANSON. 

\st Vice President^ Charles Wall. 

2d " " T. Henry Browning. 

Rec. Secretary, William M. Scott. 

Car. " W. J. Christal. 

Treasurer, K. H. Harding. 

The foregoing represent and manage the general and finan- 
cial business of the Department. 

BOARD OF OFFICERS. 

Consists of the Chief and 1 Assistant Engineer, and the Foreman 

and Assistant of each Company. 

Meet at Firemen's Hall, 1st Thursday in March, June, Sept., and Dec. 

President, CHARLES C. TALBOT. 

Sec. and Collector^ John J. Hallenbeck. 
2* 



84 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



BOARD OF ENGINEERS. 



Chief, 


CHARLES C. TALBOT. 


Assistant, 


Andrew J. Hinman. 


ii 


Charles Wall. 


ti 


G. B. Lane, 


u 


William Meekes. 


u 


Alfred Wallett. 



FIRE WARDENS. 

William Y. Hanson. Cornelius AVoglom. 

The following were Fire Wardens of the late City of Wil- 
liamsburgh, and claim to continue in office till expiration of term 
for which they were appointed. 

Chairman, Joseph H. Fletcher. 

John Holt. Gilbert Potter, jr. 

James Baird. Garrit B. Hanson. 

James D. Sparkman. William Meekes. 



No. Name. 

1. 'WASHINGTO>r, 

2. — Protection, 

3. — Good Intent, 

4. — United States, 

6. — Northern Liberties, First st. n. North 4th, 



FIRE APPARATUS. 

Engine Companies. 

Location. 
North 2d st. n. Third, 
South 2d St. n. Third, 
Fourth st. n. South 1st, 
Ewen st. cor. Wyckoff, 



6. — Eagle, 

7. — Neptune, 

8. — Pacific, 

9. — Lafayette, 
10. — Red Jacket, 
IL^Vallet Forge, 
1 2. — FaiENDsmp, 



1. — Marion, 
2. — Atlantic, 
3. — Friendship, 
4. — Zephyr, 



Lorimer st. n. Meserole, 
Graham a v. n. Grand st., 
South 6th st. n. Fourth, 
South 1st n. Eleventh st., 
Sixth st. cor. North 4th, 
Washington st. G, P., 
Morrell st. n. Stagg, 

Hose Companies. 

South 1st n. Fifth st, 
Johnson st. n. Morrell, 
North 3d st. n. Fourth, 
Fifth St. n. South Third, 



Foremen. 

Hamilton Allen. 

William Price. 

Cornelius Woglom. 

Jos. Hallenbeck. 

Michael Kelly. 

B. Grennan. 
Wm. Jennings. 
Henry G. Disbrow. 
Matthew Jackson. 
L. R. Rhodes. 
Fred. J. Parsons. 
Rodney Thursby-, 



Daniel L. Dodge. 
Jas. P. Ciuickshank. 
Joseph Langcake. 
T. Hy. Browning. 



Hook and Eaddcr Companies* 

1. — ^Lady Washington, North 2d st. n. Third, John Garritt. 

2. — Putnam, Devoe st. n. Lorimer, Cornelius Ruddy. 

8. — Young America, Third st. n. South Yth, Wash. L. Gilroy. 



i 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 35 



BELIi RINGERS. 

13th Ward, John Jackson. 

" " Edward Wade. 

16th Ward, Arthur Bassett. 

" " William H. Ward. 



FIRE DISTRICTS; 

Boundaries* 

First District. — Bounded by East river, Newtown creek, 
Meeker av., and a straight line to N. 15th st., N. 15th st. and 
Bushwick creek to East river. 

Second District. — Bounded by East river, Bushwick creek, 
N. 15th St., a line to Union av., Union av. and Grand st. to 

East river. ' i v x -vr 

Third District. — Bounded by Union av. and a line to JN. 
1 5th St., N. 15th St. and a line to Meeker av., Meeker av., New- 
town creek. Metropolitan av., Bushwick av., and Grand St. to 

Union av. -r> i • i 

Fourth District.. — Bounded by Grand st., Bushwick av., 
Metropolitan av.. city line to Division av. Division av. and Union 

av. to Grand st. /^ i . tt • 

Fifth District.— 'BoymdiQdi by East river, Grand St., Union 
av., and Division av. to East river. 

Sixth District. — Bounded by Wallabout bay. East river, 
Division av., Flushing av., and U. S. Hospital grounds to Wall- 
about bay. 

PUBLIC CISTERNS. 

No 1. Second st. cor. North 20. No. 20. South 8d st. cor. Fifth, 

" 2 Third St. cor. North 4th. " 21. North 2d st cor. Lorimer. 

" 3. Fourth St. cor. North 2d. " 22. North 6th st, cor. Seventh. 

" 4. Fourth st cor. South 2d. " 23. South Sth st cor. Third st. 

" 5. Fifth st cor. South 9th. " 24. North 6th st cor. Fifth. 

" 6 Tenth st cor. South 4th. " 25. Ainslie st cor. Leonard. 

" 7. Ewen st cor Wyckoff. " 26. South 2d st cor. Second 

« 8. Graham av. cor. Eemsen st » 27. Graham av. cor McKibbm St. 

« 9. Ewen st cor. Meserole. " 28. Leonard st cor. Meserole. 

« 10. Lorimer st cor. Grand. " 29. Fourth st cor North 8th. 

'• 11. Sixth st cor. Grand. " 80. Third St. cor. North 6th. 

" 12 South 3d st cor. Seventh. " 31. Junct South 9th and South 6th sts. 

" 13. Grand st cor. Third. " 1^. South 4th st cor. Third 

« 14 South 2d st cor. Eleventh. " " 33. South 6th st cor. Seventh. 

" 15. Johnson st cor. Ewen. " 34. North 3d. st cor. Third. 

» 16 South 5th st cor. 4th. " 35. Junct North 2d. and North 4th St 

" 17 Leonard st. cor. Marshall. " 36. Meserole st cor. Union av. 

" IS. Graham av. cor. Moore st " 37. Ewen st cor. Ainslie. 

« 19 Fourth St. n. South 1st " 3S. Junct Grand st and Union av. 
89. Grand st cor. Seventh. 



36 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



COURTS. 



NEW YORK SUPREME COURT. 
Second Judicial District. 

JUSTICES. 
Gilbert Dean, of Pouglikeepsie, time expires Dec, 1855. 
John W. Brown, of Newburgh, " " " 1857. 

Selah B. Strong, of Setauket, " " " 1859. 

William KocKWELL, of Brooklyn " " " 1861. 

GENERAL TERMS, 1855. 

Justices Brown, Strong, and Rockwell. 

Ist Tuesday in January, at the City Hall, in Brooklyn, in the County of Kings. 
1st Tuesday in April, at the Court House, in Newburgh, in the County of Orange. 
1st Tuesday in July, at the Court House in Poughkeepsie, in the County of Dutchcsa. 
Ist Tuesday in October, at the Court House, in Newburgh, in the County of Orange. 

Note — These terms are for civil business, generally appeals from the Circuits. 



TEEMS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS, AND COURTS OF OYER AND TERMINER 

FOR 1855. 

For civil and criminal business. 

KINGS COUNTY. 

AT THE CITY HALL, BROOKLYN. 

JUSTICE ROCKWELL. 

1st Monday of Feb., 3d Monday of April, 1st Monday of June. 

JUSTICE STRONG. 
3d Tuesday of September, 4th Tuesday of November. 

QUEENS COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, NORTH HEMPSTEAD. 

JUSTICE STRONG. 

1st Monday of March, 2d Monday of May. 

JUSTICE ROCKWELL. 

4th Monday of November. 

SUFFOLK COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, RIVEPw HEAD. 

JUSTICE STRONG. 

3d Monday of March, 4th Monday of May, 4th Monday of Oct. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 37 



RICHMOND COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, RICHMOND. 

JUSTICE ROCKWELL. 
3d Tuesday of May, 3d Tuesday of November. 

WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, WHITE PLAINS. 

JUSTICE BROWN. 

2d Monday of March, 4th Monday of November. 

JUSTICE STRONG. 1st Tuesday of June. 
JUSTICE ROCKWELL. 3d Monday of September. 

DUTCHESS COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, POUGHKEEPSIE. 

JUSTICE ROCKWELL. 2d Monday of March. 
JUSTICE STRONG. 3d Tuesday of June. 

JUSTICE BROWN. 

3d Monday of September. 2d Monday of December. 

PUTNAM COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, CARMEL. 

JUSTICE BROWN. 

2d Monday of May, 3d Monday of October. 

ROCKIiAND COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, CLARKSTOWN. 
JUSTICE STRONG. 4th Tuesday of April. 
JUSTICE BROWN. 4th Monday of October. 

ORANGE COUNTY. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, GOSHEN. 
JUSTICE BROWN, 1st Monday of February. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, NEWBURGH. 

JUSTICE BROWN, 1st Monday of June. 

AT THE COURT HOUSE, GOSHEN. 

JUSTICE BROWN. 2d Monday of November. 



38 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



SPECIAL. TERMS, 

FOR MOTIONS AND LAW ISSUES, 

Will be held at the times and places assigned for holding the 
Circuit Courts, and also (when the Justices shall not be engaged 
in holding other Courts pursuant to the appointments made in 
this order), as follows : 

At the City Hall, Brooklyn, on the 1st Tuesday of each 
month, by Justices Strong and Rockwell. 

At the Court House, Poughkeepsie, on the 1st Monday of 
each month, by Justice Brown. 

TERMS OF THE COUNTY COURT AND COURT OF SESSIONS, OF 
KINGS COUNTY, FOR 1855. 



COUNTY COURT TERMS. 

HENRY A. MOORE, County Judge. 
Charles A. Denike, Clerk. 

Held at the City Hall, Brooklyn, on the first Monday 
of every month (except August), for \^\q trial of issues of law. 
and for the hearing and decision of motions, and other proceed- 
ings, at which no Jury will be required to attend. 

A special term will be held every Monday (except in the 
month of August), at 10 o'clock A. M., at the chambers of the 
County Judge, in the City Hall, Brooklyn. 

COURT OF SESSIONS TERMS. 

FOR THE TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CAUSES. 
HENRY A. MOORE, County Judge. 

Samuel S_Stryker, > j^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^ox,^. 
John A. JbiMMANS, ^ 

Held at the City Hall, Brooklyn, on the 

2d Tuesday of March. 1st Tuesday of September. 
2d " " July. 2d " " December. 

Both a Grand and Petit Jury will be required to attend each 
of the terms of the Court of Sessions. 

Kiciiard C. Underhill, District Attorney. 
John Win slow, Asssist. District Attorney. 

Charles A. Denike, Clerk. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD.' 39 



CITY COURT OF BUOOKIiYN. 

CITY HALL. 

FOR THE TRIAL OP CIVIL, AND CRIMINAL CAUSES. 

Held by Erastus D. Culver, City Judge, and two Supervisors. 

In the event of a vacancy in the judgeship, the Mayor sits 
with two Supervisors. 

Tei'ms commence 1st Monday in each month. 
Adrian Hegeman, Clerk. William A. Walker, Deputy Clerk, 

POIilCE COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT. 

basement, city hall. 
Police Justice, Daniel K. Smith. 

Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted) from 9 A. M. 
to 12 M., and 2 to 5 P. M. 

Edward 0. Morehouse, Clerk. 

POIilCE COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT. 

AT THE CELLS, NORTH 5tH STREET. 

Police Justice, IHenry C. Boswell. 
Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted) from 9 A. M. 
to 12 M., and 3 to 5 P. M. 

%* The jurisdiction of the Police Coiirts extends to Kings County. 
COURTS OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.* 

Justice Jacob C. Blachly's Court is held at 3d District 
Police Station, Court street, every day (Sundays and holidays 
excepted), for the trial of civil and criminal cases, opening at 
9 o'clock A. M. 

Thomas H. Appleton, Clerk. 

Justice Henri'' P, Curtis's Court is held at City Hall, 
Basement, every day (Sundays and holidays excepted), for the 
trial of civil and criminal cases, opening at 9 o'clock A. M. 
Zachariah Voorhies, Clerk. 

Justice Henry D. Woodworth's Court is held at the 
6th District Police Station, Ewen street, n. Meserole, every 
day (Sundays and holidays excepted), for the trial of civil and 
criminal cases, from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and 2 to 5 P. M. 

*The jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace extends to the County, in 
civil suits for sums not exceeding one hundred dollars, and with the 
power in criminal cases of Police Justices. 



40 * BROOKLYN CITY AND 



COUNTY OFFICERS AND ASSISTANTS. 
COUNTY JUDGE'S CHAMBERS. 

No. 4, City Hall, First floor. 
Law Office^ 359 Fulton street. 

County Judge, Henry A. Moore. 

Officer and Attendant. William Hyde. 

JUSTICES OF SESSIONS. 

Samuel S. Stryker, Gravesend. 

John A. Emmans, New Utrecht. 

CORONERS. 

Thomas H. Redding, Office, 7 City Hall, Basement. 

WiNANT E. Bennett, New Utrecht. 

James Hanford, 140 Grand St., Eastern District. 

SURROGATE'S OFFICE. 

• 

No. 10, City Hall, First floor. 

Ofiice hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 

Surrogate^ Kodman B. Dawson, 

Clerk, Judah B. Voorhees. 

Recording Cleric, Andrew Mercein. 

COUNTY CliERK'S OFFICE. 

No. 11, City Hall, First floor. 

Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 

County Clerk^ Charles A. Denike. 

Deputy " Charles W. Thomas. 

« , ( William H. Campbell. 

i:^earcliers, ^ j^-^^ ^ Cornwell. 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 

No. 9, Court street. 

Office hours from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. 

District Attorney, Richard C. Underhill. 

Assistant District Attorney, John Winslow. 
Clerk^ Oscar Nexsen. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 41 

REGISTER'S OFFICE. 

No. 9 City Hall, First floor. 

Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 

Register^ William Marshall. 

Deputy Register^ William Barre. 

Thomas R. Mercein. 
S. Alpheus Smith. 
Searchers^ ^ James Howard. 

I William De Vigne. 

L Francis Gr. Quevedo. 
Examining Clerk^ Chauncey M. Felt. 

i Cornelius Van Steenbergh. 
Index Clerks^ \ William H. Whitlock. 

( James O'N. Crist. 

SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR. 

William Rushmore, ) ^q, « >-vj. tt n t> i. 

T n 7>i 1 \ (Jmce, 7 City Hall Uasement. 

James C. lihodes, ^ ' -^ 

Henry E. Ripley, Office, foot S. 5th st., E. Dist. 

Joel Skidmore, Flatlands. 

Samuel Hubbard, Gravesend. 

SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 

No. 345 Fulton street. 

Office hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 

Sheriff, Englebert Lott. 

Under Sheriffs Rem. R. Hegeman. 

{Caspian A. Sparks. 
John Pierce. 
Arthur O'Brien. 
Alexander Duflon. 

COUNTY SUPERVISORS. 

The following, together with the Supervisors of the eighteen 
Wards of the City, constitute the Board. 

President, Amos P. Stanton. 

Teunis G. Bergen, New Utrecht. 

J. V. Schoonmaker, Flatbush, 

Isaac Schenck, Flatlands. 

William Bennett, New Lots. 

J. A. Wyckofl", Gravesend. 



42 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



Standing Committees. 

Accounts of Sii/pcrintendcnts of the Foor, — Messrs. Caldwell, 
Ileaton, and Hinman. 

Ac''ts of County Treas. — Woodworth, Middleton, Denike. 

United States £)cposit Fund. — Stryker, Lindsay, and Farrell. 

Eq2ialization of Assessment Roll. — Hinman, Schenck, No- 
lan, Stanton, and Thursby. 

Accounts. — Bergen, Bradford, and Bennett. 

Jail. — Schenck, Rowe, and Thursby. 

Fenitentiary . — Benilie, Allen, and Bergen. 

Alms House. — Bogart and Caldwell. 

Special a7ul Loccd Taxes. — Allen, Garland, and. Woodworth. 

Geyiercd Taxes. — Lindsay, Bogart, and Schoonmaker. 

Laws ^' ApjjliccLiis to Legislature. — Bradford, Fenton, Hall. 

Salaries. — Ueaton, Wyckoif, and Nolan. 

Coufity. — Fenton, Wyckoff, and Nolan. 

Lunatic Asylum. — Howe, Stryker, and Schoonmaker, 

Roads. — Wyckoff, Bennett, and Farrell. 

COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE. 

No. 9 Court street. 

Office hours fron 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 

County Treasurer^ James M. Seabury. 
Cleric^ John Price. 

COUNTY JAIL. 

Kaymond st., cor. Willoughby. 

Keeper., David Field. Deputy Keeper.^ Silas Lott. 

Fhysiciany Thomas J. Van Zandt. 

PENITENTIARY. 

Nostrand av., between Carroll and President streets. 
Keeper^ James Edwards. 

. AL3IS HOUSE AND NURSERY. 

Flatbush. 
'Keeper., Samuel S. Myers. Matron^ Mrs. Brower. 

I.UNATIC ASYIiU3I. 

Flatbush. 
Resident Fhysician^ Timothy Ingraham, M. D. 



i 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 43 

COUNTY HOSPITAL. 

Flatbush. 
Resident Physician^ Thomas Turner, M. D. 

REPRESENTATIVES IN THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. 
Representing Kings County by Portions* 

1st Cong. District, William W. Valk, of Flushing. 

2d " " James S. T. Stranahan, of Brooklyn. 

3d " " Thomas R. Whitney, of New York. 

The 1st District embraces the Counties of Suffolk, Queens, 
Richmond, and Kings (excepting the first 16 Wards of B'klyn). 

The 2d District embraces the first twelve Wards of Brooklyn. 

The 5th District embraces the 7th and 13th Wards of New 
York, and the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Wards of Brooklyn. 

MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE FROM 

KINGS COUNTY. 

Senator (2d. District), James H. Hutchins. 

ASSEMBIiYMEN. 

1st District, Augustus H. Ivins,* (embracing the County 
Towns and the 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th 
Wards of Brooklyn j. 

2d. District, George A. Searing, (embracing the 1st, 2d, 
3d, 6th, 10th, and 12th Wards of Brooklyn). 

3d District, John H. Rhodes, (embracing the 4th, 5th, 7th, 
and 11th Wards of Brooklyn). 

HARBOR MASTERS. 

Leonard W. Brainard. Charles Kelsey. 

NOTARIES PUBLIC. , 

Badeau, Isaac Diossy, Addison S. Hinsdale, Theodore 

Beach, O. M. Dygert, A. J. Hutchins, Waldo 

Berry, John Field, George Ludewig, Hermann K 

Burke, Frederick "W. Godwin, Richard J. Meeker, Samuel M. 

Cady, Howard C. Godwin, Samuel Miller, Livingston &• 

Capwell. A. B. Hall, G. Bolivar Morison, Daniel 

Chapman, Lebbeus, jr. Hammond, William G. Myers, Theodore A. 

Cook, George W. Hasbrouck, Daniel B. Isorthall, Thomas J. 



44 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



Oakey, John 
Oakley, John K. 
Ogden, Nicholas G. 
Palmer, Joseph E. 
Patterson, Edward 
Rice, Edwin T 
Saal, John A. 
Smith, John C. 



Smith, S. Alpheiis 
Sparks, Jared 
STRONG, DEMAS 
Stryker, Samuel G. 
Stndwell, Jeremiah H. 
Taylor, J. Brainerd 
Terry, Edmund 
THOMSON, CHAS. H. 



Todd, Richard J. 
True, Benjamin K. 
Voorhees, Jeremiah 
Walsh, Albert C. 
Walden, Daniel T. jr. 
Walker, William A. 
Barnes, Samuel C. 



ATTORNEYS. 



HAVING OFFICES IN BROOKLYN. 
Names marked thus * are such as reside or have offices In the Eastern Distric*" 



Arrington, Alfred W. 
*Atwater, C. R. 
Barnard, Daniel P. 
Baj's, Augustus F. 
Beams, Benjamin I. 
Belden, Samuel O. 
Bennem, Alexander W. 
*Berry, John 
*Birdsall, Henry D. 
Bishop, Frank G. 
Botts, Alexander 
*Boughton, Joseph 
*Briggs, C. Moreau 
Browne, B. Frank 
Burch, Robert A. 
*Burr Samuel J. 
Cady, Howard C. 
Callicot, T. Carey 
Campbell, James L. 
Carrigan, Thomas 
Church, Rodney S. 
*Cockroft, Samuel 
Coffin, Frederick J. 
Cogswell, William J. 
Condit, Charles 
*Cook, John 
Cooper, George H. 
Coweuhoven, Wm. H. 
Crane, Wm. W., jr. 
Crooke, Philip S. 
*Culver, Erastus D. 
Curtis, Henry P. 
Dawson, Rodman B. 
*Dean, John 
Dikeman, Frank H. 
Dikeman, John 
Dikeman, John, jr. 
*Doheny, M. 
Driscoll, Andrew 



Dunsback, Andrew 
Duryea, Harmanus B. 
*D3'gert, Alois J. 
*Egan, Charles C. 
*Fish, Paul J. 
Ford, Charles 
*Fox, George L. 
Gale, William H. 
*Gardiner, H. D. 
Gardiner, John B. 
Gardiner, Nathaniel 
Garrison, Samuel 
Goff, A. W. 
Greene, William A. 
Gre^ie, William H. 
Greenwood, John 
Greenwood, Joseph M. 
Hadden, Alexander 
Hagner, Alexander 
Hagner, Henry 
*Hamilton, Philip 
Hammond, Alonzo G. 
Hammond, B. G. 
Hammond, William G, j 
Harrington, Albert W. 
Hess, John 
*Hodges, William H. 
Howard, James 
Hurley, Thomas H. 
Ingraham, Richard 
Ingraham, Wm. M. 
Jack, Charles J. 
*Jackson, Theodore F. 
■^Jennings, Ebenezer, jr. 
Johnson, Samuel E. 
King, John B. 
Kingsland, Thorne S. 
Kissam, Seabury 
Lefferts, John L. 



Lewis, Sylvanus D. 
Lomas, John 
Lott, Abraham 
Lott, John A. 
Lowre}', Charles 
Low rev, Charles J. 
Lj'nde, Charles R. 
*Marcellns, J. Lawrence 
*Marx, M. 
*Maurice, James 
McCue, Alexander 
*]\Ieeker, D. Edward 
*Meeker, Samuel M. 
Millard, A. Orville 
*Miller, Gustav 
Moore, Henry A., County 

Judge 
Morehouse, Benjamin S. 
*Morgan, George W. 
Morris, Samuel D. 
Morse, Nathan B. 
Murphy, Henry C. 
Myers, Peter H. 
r.Northall, Thomas J. 
*0'Brien, Nicholson P. 
*Palmer, Joseph E. 
Pray, Joseph M. 
Price, Charles P. 
Reed, Stephen 
*Reeve, Isaac T. 
*Remsen, Peter V. 
Reynolds, George G. 
Reynolds, L. 
^Richards, William 
Rockwell, William 
Rolfo, John P. 
*Sackett, Joseph T. 
Schumaker, John G. 
Seymour, Henry 



KINGS COUNTY BECORD. 



45 



Shepherd, Edward 
Sidell, Augustus H. 
Smith, Cyrus P. 
Smith, Jesse C. 
Smitti John C. 
Smith, William E. 
*.Soper, Abraham D. 
*Spark3, Jared 
Bpooner, Alden J, 
Stanton, Philip V. R. 
*Stearns, John M. 
Stevens, Gerard M. 



*Storer, David 
Story, William H. 
Sutherland, James, jr. 
Taylor, John N. 
Thatcher, George L. 
Thomas, Charles W, 
*Thompson, George 
Topping, D. H. 
Topping, Robert E. 
Trembly, Daniel 
Troy, James 
Troy, John P. 
Tucker, Richard H. 



Underbill, Richard C. 
Vanbrunt, Nicholas 
Vanderbilt, John 
*Vaudeverg, George 
Van Nostrand, Jas. W. 
Voorhees, Jeremiah 
Waring, Charles M. 
Waring, Nathaniel F. 
Waring, William H. 
*Willmarth, Abell C. 
Wiuslow, David C. 
Winslow, John 



ATTORNEYS. 



HAVING OFFICES IN NE"W YORK, AND RESIDING IN BROOKLYN. 



Abbott, Austin 
Abbott, Beniamin V. 
Ackley, Willliam B. 
Aitken, John 
Andrews, Dwight 
Baker, D. Ira 
Bavard, William M. 
Beadle, Delos W. 
Beebe, Thomas 
Benedict, Robert D. 
Birdseye, Lucien 
Black-well, William B. 
Blake, Cornelius D. 
Blanke, George C. 
Bliss, Francis C. 
Boardman, Andrew 
Bovee, C. N. 
Brainard, Roswell C. 
Briusmade, James B. jr. 
Brophy, Stephen B. 
Burke, Frederic W. 
Busteed, George W. 
Cady, Howard C. 
Callicot, T. Carey 
Capwell, Alberts. 
Chapman. Lebbeus, jr. 
Chester, George F. 
Claargett, Rufus 
Clark, Peter 
Clark, James D. 
Clarke, Stewart X 
Clegg, John C. 
Coit, William M. 
Comstock, Nathan, jr. 
Cook, George W. 
Cooper, John M. 



Cooper, Stephen P. 
Cornwall, Augustus 
Curtis, George 
Curtis, John Beach 
Cutter, William T. 
Dana, Alexander H. 
Dean, John 
Demill, Richard 
Diossy, Addison S. 
Disbrow, William F. 
Dougherty, Charles H. 
Doyle, John 
Drinker, William W. 
Dunn, William H. 
Dyott, Anthony R. 
Embree, Robert C. i\ 
Evans, Charles D. 
Field, Theodore W. 
Fincke, F. Gustav 
Fogarty, John B. 
Frank, Aaron 
Fuller, Henry 
Gardeuier, Lawrence 
Gardiner, Oliver C. 
Geissenhainer, F. W., jr. 
Gellatly, Francis 
Gilbert, Jasper W. 
Glover, Charles H. 
Goodrich, William 
Gridley, James 
Hart, Adolphus M. 
Harrington, Madison G. 
Hastings, George G. 
Hickson, James J. 
Higenbotam, Sam. B. 
Hills, James R. 



Hillyer, William A. 
Hinsdale, Theodore 
Homans, William M. 
Hornfager, William C. 
Humphrey, James 
Huntington, B. W. 
Hurst, Lewis 
Hutchins, Waldo 
Jenks, Grenville T. 
Jessup, James R. 
Jones, Charles 
Kaufmann, Sigismund 
Kendall, S. Austin 
Kendrick, Cha?. E. 
Kirkham, Benjamin W. 
Lansing, L. J. 
Lane, Arthur 
Lane, Frederick A. 
Lovell, Joseph 
Loomis, J. V. 
Ludewig, Hermann E. 
Lyon, Samuel B. 
Lyons, David J. 
Marvin, Dan 
McCloskey, Edward 
McDonough, T. R. 
McKinley, John H. 
McKinstry, Charles 
Miller, Augustus C. 
Miller, Livingston K. 
Mills, Ethelbert S. 
More, Edwin 
Morris, John 
Newman, Clement D. 
Nichols, Charles A. 
Niles, George W. 



46 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



O'Gorinan, Richard 
O'Rourko, John 
Ostrander, Peter W. 
Parsons, George W. 
Parsons, Samuel M. 
Partridge, George S. 
Pattei'son, Edward 
Payne, Thatcher T. 
Pell, Joshua L. 
Peet, William 
Pert, Luther B. 
Pierson, Henry R. 
Pike, Robert G. 
Pinckney, J. H. Hobart 
Pinckney, Thomas C. 
Prentise, Charles W. 
Prime, William C. 
Rankin, John, jr. 
Reed,Lewis B, jr. 
Reid, Robert 
Rice, Edwin T. 
Ridgway, James 



Ridgway, Joseph S. 
Riggs, Marcus C. 
Ringland, David C. 
Robinson, James F. 
■Robinson, John O. 
Romeyn, Theodore 
Sanford, Addison 
Sanxaj^ Skeffiugton 
Saxton, Samuel 
Sherwood, Thomas D. 
Scoville, Cliarles E. 
Sessions, John 
Seymour, Edward 
Silliman, Benjamin D. 
Stallknecbt, Frederick S. 
Storrs, James H. 
Stoughton, Edwin W. 
Sylvester, Edward 
Taylor, George 
Taylor, John D. 
Taylor, John G. 
Taylor, Thomas J, 



Terry Edmund 
Thayer, Stephen H. 
Townsend, M. L. 
Troy, John P. 
True, Benjamin K. 
Van Cott , Joshua M. 
Van Orden, H. D. 
Van Wagenen, Garret G 
Vanwert, Merritt 
Wait, W. Howard 
Walden, Daniel T., jr. 
Wallace, Dillon 
Welsh, Charles 
Wells, J. Fairchild 
Westervelt, Harman C. 
Whittaker, Henry 
Wilson, William "M. 
Wortendyke, Isaac 
WoodhuU, Caleb S. jr. 
Wright, J. Butler 
Young, Elisha S. 
Y'oung, Isaac. 



ATTORNEYS. 

HAVING OFFICES IN NEW YORK, AND RESIDING IN KINGS COUNTY. 



Bogardus, Cornelius S. 
Kimball, Elijah H. 
Oakey, John, 



Flathush. 

Flatlands. 

Flatbush. 



COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. 

APPOINTED FOR THE CITY OF BROOKLYN FOR 1855-56. 

C. H. THOMSON, FOR TWENTY-SEVEN STATES, 

No. 9 Court Sti-eet. 



DEMAS STRONG, FOR ALL THE STATES AND TERRI- 
TORIES, 



No. 141 Fourth Street, E. District. 



Arthur, Chester A. 
Badeau, Isaac 
Barnes, Samuel C. 
Bar re, William 
Belden, Laurel 0.' 
Bennem, Alex. W. 
Bergen, Peter G. 



Berry, John 
Birkbeck, Abraham W. 
Birdsall, Henry D. 
BISHOP WILLIAM G. 
Blake, Cornelius D. 
Boerura, William M. 
Brinkerhoff, Isaac 



Britton, Winchester 
Broach, John 
Browne, B. Frank 
Burch, Robert A. 
Burke, Frederic W. 
Burke, J. Edmund 
BURR, SAMUEL J. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



47 



Burrows, Jasper A. 
T3urtis, .John 
Byrne, Daniel K. 
Capwell, Albert B. 
Carter, Horatio A. 
Chapman, Lebbeus, jr. 
Clark, Thomas M. 
Cogswell, Samuel F. 
Comstock, Nathan, jr. 
Condit, Charles 
Conselyea, "William, jr. 
Cooper, George H. 
Cornwell, John M. 
Cornwell, Samuel H. 
Corr, John R. 
Gowenhoven, TVm. H. 
Crowell, Alden S. 
Crowell, Stephen 
Curtis, John 
Davis, David 
Davis, William J. 
Daj^ton, Augustus J. 
De Vigne, William 
Devoe, Henry 
Dikeman, Frank H. 
Driscoll, Andrew 
Dunsback, Andrew 
Dygert, Alois J. 
Earle, Francis B. 
Eberle, John G. 
Ellsworth, Jeremiah W. 
Ellsworth, "William 
Ely, William L. 
Fairman, James B. 
FAUROT, OLIVER 
Feeks, Daniel H. 
Felt, Chauncey M. 
Finn, John 
Fox, Geoi'ge L. 
Frost, Charles E. 
Gale, Alonzo H. 
Garrison, Samuel 
Gibbons, Michael T. 
Greene, William H. 
Greenwood, Joseph M. 
Hagner, Henry 
Hall, George 
Hammond, Wm. G., jr. 
Harding, Gardiner S. 
Harris, William M. 
HEGEMAN, PETER R. 
Hennessy, John F. 
Henshaw, William W. 
Herbert, William C. 
Hickcox, William H. 



Hobley, Jesse 
Hodges, William H. 
Howard, James 
Ingraham, William M. 
Jackson, Coe D. 
Jackson, Theodore F. 
Jenks, Frank 
Johnson, Henry 
Jones, Orville 0. 
Kalbfleisch, Martin 
Kearney, James V. 
Kelsey, Charles, jr. 
King, John B. 
Lawrence, William P. 
Leech, Charles 
Leslie, Thomas F. 
Lomas, John 
Lowrey, Charles 
Lowrey, Charles J. 
Lyman, James L. 
Lynde, Charles R. 
Lynde, M. T, 
I^iackey, William 
Malbone, Joseph 
Malboue, Ralph 
Manning, John J, 
McCabe, Daniel 
McCormick, John H. 
McCue, Alexander 
Meeker, David E. 
Meekes, William 
Merceiu, Thomas R. 
Miller, Joel, jr. 
Mix, Major G. 
Morehouse, Benjamin S, 
Morehouse, Edward C. 
Morrell, Francis V. 
Nexsen, Oscar 
Norris, George W. 
Northall, Thomas J. 
Oakley, John K. 
Oakley, Wakeman B. 
Osborn, Albert H. 
Palmer, Joseph E. 
Parkes, Joseph 
Parsons, George W. 
Peed, Charles N. 
Perry, Jotham E, 
Perrin, Robert P. 
Pierson, Henry R. 
Pray, Joseph M. 
Quevedo, Francis G. 
Remsen, Peter V. 
Rice, Edwin T. 
Richards, William 



Ripley, Henry E. 
Rolfe John P. 
Runcie, John T. 
Saal, John A. 
Sackett, Joseph T. • 
Sanxa}^, Skeffington 
Seymour, Edwai'd 
Shanley, John K. 
Shute, Peter 
Sidell, Augustus H, 
Simonson, Charles B. 
Smith, John C. 
Smith, Joseph 
Smith, S. Alpheus 
Sparks, Caspian A. 
Stearns, John M. 
Stevens, Gerard M. 
Stewart, David 
Stone, Aaron 
Street, Henry 
Strong, Demas 
Taber^ Henry T. 
Taylor, Samuel 
Taylor, Thomas J. 
THOMAS, CHARLES W. 
Thompson, George 
Thomson, Charles H. 
Todd, Richard J. 
Toombs, Richard F. 
Topping, David H. 
Trembley, Daniel 
Tucker, Richard H. 
UfFord, Levi W. 
Underhill, Robert S. 
Vandervorst, Jacob W. 
Vandeverg, George, jr. 
Van Nostrand, James W. 
VAN STEENBERGH, C. 
Voorhees, Judah B. 
Voorhees, Mathew H. 
Voorhies, Jeremiah 
Voorhies, Zachariah 
Walden, Daniel T., jr. 
Walker, George 
Walker, William A 
Walter, Anthony 
Ward, George W. 
Waring, Charles M. 
Waring, William H. 
Whelen, Patrick 
Willmarth, Abel C. 
Winslow, David C. 
Wright, William H' 
Zimmer, Jacob 



48 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



MILTTAHY. 

The number of enrolled militia in the Stfe°f Now York ia 
1834, «as-Uniformed, 22,143; unun.formod, 295,5b3, making 
a totil of 317,706, organized and comprised m 8 Divisions, 32 
Brigades, and 75 llcgiments. 

HIS EXCELLENCY MYRON II. CLArJC. GOVERNOE, 

CoH.MANDER-IN-ClIIEF. 

Adjutant General, R- H- I'"'};"- 

tdpeetor General, B™»min 1. Bruce. 

Engineer -in- Chief, J- J. C..ambers 

Judge Advocate General, O Vandenburgh. 

0«arte»-»ias<er- Genera/, Ja>ies L. Mitchell. 

PaymcMcr- General, E. K Kendrick. 

&„geo;t General, A. ll. Ho^^^;^^^^^^^^_ 

^i</., , \ J- ^- ^^^^- 

f^ John Sill. 

ilKiJarj^ Secretory, Samuel C. Thompson. 

THE SECOND DIVISION 

NEW YORK STATE MILITIA, 

Embraces the Counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk ^e^^^ 
Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan, and is diMdea 
into 4 Brigade districts, numbered 5, b, 7, and ». 
Officer in Command of 2d Division, 
MAJOR GENERAL AARON WARD, Sing Sing. 

Staff. 

Uvidm Inspector, Hon J. V. Peck Rye, Westchester County. 
" Hospital Surgeo?i, Hon. B. Brandreth, Sing bmg. 
« Enoineer, Samuel Fowler, Port J^rvis Orange Co 
« Judge Advocate, J. R. Whiting, Yonkers Westchester Ca 
« Quartermaster, Hon. Russell Smith, Yonkers. 
" Paymaster, James Dusenberry, 
« Aid-de-camp,3on^ Peck, Haverstraw, Rockland Co. 
« u u u N. H. D. Wilken, Brooklyn, 
*^* The Division staff here named is as it existed on the Ist Sept., 1854. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



49 



MILITARY, KIIs'GS COUNTY. 

5TH BRIGADE ATTACHED TO THE 2D DIVISION N. Y. STATE 

MILITIA. 



Brigadier General, 

Brigade Inspector^ 
Judge Advocate^ 
Surgeon^ 
Engineer^ 
Quartermaster ^ 
Paymaster^ 
Aid-de-camp ^ 



HARMANUS B. DURYEA. 

Vaca^tt. 

Major Edwin Beers. 

" John Cochran. 

" Alex. McCue. 
Capt. William H. Husted. 

" W. H. Brewster. 

'' George C. Ball. 



13th REGIMENT. 



INFANTRY. 



Colonel, 

Lieut. Colonel^ 

Major, 

Surgeon, 

Assistant Surgeon^ 

Engineer^ 

Chap)lain, 

Paymaster, 

Ass't Pay7naster, 

Quartei'master^ 

Adjutant, 

Sergeant Major ^ 



Abel Smith. 
John J, Wizeman. 
Henry Weldon. 
Lewis Nieot. 
Wm.' T. Leitch, jr. 
R. G. Neville. 
Wm. T. Leitch. 
A. G. Buell. 
Oliver Cotter. 
W. Oltman. 
E. H. Willets. 
Abel Smithj jr. 



Companies* 

Right Flank, Cavalry, Capt. Wills. 
A Light Guard, Capt. Clark. 

B Vacant. 

C City Guard, *' Everdell. 

D Washington Life Guard, " Earle. 

E City Cadets, " Edmonds. 

E Greenwood Guard, " Amesbury. 

G Vacant. 

H Jefferson Guard, " Keill. 

Left Flank, Rifles, Capt. Beton. 



50 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



14th REGI3IENT 



INFANTRY. 



Colonel, 

Lieut. Colonel^ 

Major^ 

Adjutant^ 

Surgeon, 

Quartermaster, 

Paymaster, 

Assistant Surgeon, 

Chaplain, 

Engineer, 

Sergeant Major ^ 



Jesse C. Smith. 
William Milford. 
Alfred M. Wood. 
Anthony Konk. 
Herschel Parker. 
Francis A. Paddock. 
John Bennett. 
Robert R. Rhodes, 
a. E. Taylor. 
John G. Reither. 
Kelly. 



CoiJipanies. 

Right Flank, Artillery, City Grenadiers, Capt. Burnett. 



A National Guard, 
B SteuhenGuard, 
C Emmet Guard, 
D FranJdin Guard, 
E Washington Guard, 
F Shields Guard, 
G Carroll Guard^ 
H 



Capt. Sprague. 

" Schepper. 
Lieut. Com. Morris. 
Capt. Baldwin. 

" Maerz. 

'' McCarty. 

" Magrath. 
Vacant. 



Left Flank, East New York Rifles, Capt. Beadle. 



TOth REGIMENT. 

CAVALRY. 



Colonel, 
Lieut. Colonel, 
Major, 
Adjutant, 
Qtiartermaster, 



Samuel Graham. 
Joseph J. Dillon. 
Arthur Wellwood. 
John McLear. 
L. Z. Lyon. 



Companies. 



A Duncan Artillery, Capt. Taft. 
B Washington Horse Guard ^ " Neeley. 

C Ringgold Horse Guard, " Urban. 

D Napper Tandy Light Artillery^ " Hogan. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. §1 



E Kings County Troop, Capt. Suydam. 

^ Vaca?it. 

G Brooklyyi Light Dragoons^ " Taff. 

H Williamsburgh Drasoons, " Gaus 

Left Flank, Rifles, Capt. Gillet. 



rSd REGIMENT. 



INFANTRY. 



Colonel, ^ Edmond Powers. 

Lieut. Colonel^ Vacant. 

Major, Frederick Morris. 

Quartermaster^ • Peter Begley. 

paymaster, Michael Bennett. 

Surgeon, Alexander Harris. 

Companies* 

Right Flank, L. I. Light Dragoons, Capt. Johnson. 
A Capt. Connell. 

B " Flaherty. 

C '' Linsky. 

D Vacant. 

E " Lyons. 

F " Lennon. 

G " Morrison. 

H Vacant, 

Left Flank, Jackson Rifles, Capt. Dick. 
Armory, Cranberry street, cor. Henry. 
City Armm-er, Major A. Powell. 



PRIVILEGES OF UNIFORMED CORPS AND OFFICERS. 

1st. Exemption from military duty after seven years' service. 
For commissioned officers the same. 

2d. Permanent exemption from jury duty. 

3d. Exemption during service, from taxes on $500, and for 
the Light Artillery and Cavalry $1,000. 

4th. Exemption from two days' service on the highway. 

5th. Pay at the annual parade or encampment, at the rate of 
one dollar and a quarter per day for Privates, and to Cavalry 
and Light Artillery, one dollar per day for each horse. 

6th. Arms and equipments furnished by the State. 



52 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812 
OF RINGS COUNTY. 



Colonel, Abraham Verplanck. 
Captain, Theophilus Haidenbrook. 
Lieidenant, Henry B. Williams. 
Orderly Sergeant, James Watson. 
Sergeant, John Smith. 

" William Bennet. 

« Lewis Applegate. 



Ensign, James L. Harper. 
Corporal, John Holbrook. 

" Samuel C. Adams. 

" Joseph Wardwell. 
Chaplain, Rev. E. M. Johnson. 
Surgeon, Dr. Henry H. Porter. 
Sec. and Treas.y Samuel Doxsey. 



U. S. NAVY YARD AND STATION. 

Captain CHARLES BOARMAN, Commandant. 



Henry J. Willett, Secretary. 
William L. Hudson, Commander. 
John De Camp, Lieutenant. 
Dominick Lynch, 
Thomas L. Smith, Surgeon. 
John George Harris, Purser. 
John Blake, Chaplain. 



Adam Young, Master's Mate. 

Robert Dixon, Boatswain. 

John Martin, Gwmer. 

J. M. Cooper, Keeper of Magazine. 

Ebeuezer Thompson, Carpenter. 

Joseph C. Bradford, Sail Maker. 

William N. Brady, MaUer. 



ON SPECIAL. DUTY. 

Lieut. Charles S. Boggs, Inspector of Provisions and Clothing. 
Commander Henry H. Bell and Lieutenant Percival Drayton, Assistant 
Inspectors of Ordnance. 

CIVIL. OFFICERS. 



Benjamin F. Delano, Constructor. 
Daniel E. Delevan, Storekeeper. 
Ward B. Burnett, Civil Engineer. 
Joseph Simmons, Timber Inspector. 
George W. Lee, Clerk of Yard. 
James R. Magee, Carpenter. 
Jesse M. Folk, Joiner. 
Wm. Merrifield, Blacksmith. 
Francis Phillips, Sparmaker. 
George M. Munson, Boathuilder. 



Henry S. Strickland, Calker. 
Stephen R. Danagar, Plujnber. 
Lawrence W. Green, Blockmaker. 
Lewis W. Berry, Painter. 
William H. Sharp, Laborer. 
Abias C. Entricken, Mason. 
Patrick O'Neal, House Carpenter. 
John Faron, Engineer. 
Peter Turner, Gun Carriagemaker. 
Thomas O Connor, Sawyer. 



T. Hardenbrook, Cooper. 

HOSPITAL, and: LABORATORY. 

Surgeon, Charles Chase. 

Passed Assist. Surgeon, Henry O. Mayo. 

Director of Laboratory, Surgeon Benj. F. Baehe. 

Assist. Director of Laboratory, Passed Assist. Surgeon E. R. bquibb. 



KINGS COUNTY EECORD. 53 



RENDEZVOUS. 

Timothy G. Benham, Commander. Samuel Jackson, Surqeon. 
Sge W^Erge^"" ' "'"' ^'^^^^ ^^^•^'' ^--^- Wo.. 

RECEIVING SHIP NORTH CAROLINA (74). 

Elisha Peck, Commander. Benj. J. Cahoone, Purser. 

A. H. Kiltz, Lieutenant Samuel C. Reid, 7^/«5<en 

wlllif ^ H M ''''' k'' '^.?- '^^^^ ^- ^^^J^a^'t, Chaplain. 

William H. Maeomb, " "Rpni T? P,.r.r.Vo Vr C r jr • 

Egbert Thompson. - Selbre w l^""^ • "^^ ^"''''''*- 

lii^ T AV^. ti o ^^^^^^i-^n^^, noatswain. 

John J. Abernethj, ^«r^.on. J. M. Ballard, Gunner. 

A. kelson Bell, As^iU. Surgeon. Amos Chick, Carpenter. 

MARINE CORPS. 

John Harris, Major John G. Reynolds. Captain. " 

J^. McD. Reynolds, 1st Lieutenant. 

NAVAI. LYCEUM. 

Capt. C. Boarman, Pr.s.>7m^. Lieut. D. Lynch, Rec. Secrearv 

Henry S:^t2. Vice President ^^^^^^ ^^ ^"'^^^' '^'''^''^-' 

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

ORGANIZED 1806. 
Meets annually, 1st Tuesday in February, at Albany. 

OFFICERS FOR 1855. 

President, Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, of Buffalo. 

Vice President, Dr. Thomas Hunn, of Albany 
Secretary, Dr. Howard Townsend, of Albany 
Treasurer, Dr. Peter Van O'Linda, of Albany. 

CENSORS FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT, (New York.) 

Dr. John C. Clieeseman. Dr. William Rockwell. 
Dr. Joel Foster. 



54 • BKOOKLYN CITY AND 



Permanent Member from Kings County^ Dr. Charles S. J. 

Goodricli. 
Delegate from Kings County^ Dr. John Ball. 

This Society is composed of as many members from each 
County Medical Society as there are Members of Assembly 
from the County ; and delegates from Medical Colleges and In- 
stitutions of the State. 

The Society may elect Permanent Members^ but not more 
than one from each Senatorial District annually, and must be a 
person who has served as a delegate. 

The Society may also elect Honorary Meynhers, but not 
more than two annually from the State at large. It may also, 
by a two third vote, confer the honorary degree of Doctor of 
Medicine on not more than four persons in any one year, who 
must be at least forty-five years of age. 



MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS. 

ORGANIZED, MARCH, 1822. 

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. 

President, Andrew Otterson, M. D. 

Vice President, Horatio S. Smith, M. D. 
Secretary, Robert R. Rhodes, M. D. 
Treasurer, L. C. McPhail, M. D. 

* Delegate to State Medical Society, elected 1854, John Ball. 

DELEGATES TO AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 

Dr. Lucius Hyde. Dr. Sam. J. Osborn. 

" John Ball. " Andrew Otterson. 

" Horatio S. Smith. " L. C. McPhail. 

CENSORS. 

Daniel E. Kissam, M. D. Augustus Bobbins, M. D. 

William H. Williams, M. D. Samuel J. Osborn, M. D. 

John Ball, M. D. 

*^* For Members of the Society, see list of Physicians and Surereons, page 61. 
Annual Meeting, 2d Monday in April ; Quarterly Meeting, 2d Monday in April, July, 
October, and January. 

* Elected every four years. 



KINGS COUNTY RECOED. 



55 



williamsburgh medical society 

i:n^stituted 1852. 

OFFICERS FOR 1855. 

President, Dr. C. H. Schapps. 

Vice President, Dr. Ernest Krackowitzer. 

Cor. Secretary, Dr. E. Macfarlan. 

P.ec. Secretary, Vacant. 

Treasurer, Dr. John Walsh. 

This Society is composed of the Regular Physicians, resid- 
ing in the late city of Williamsburgh and vicinity. It aims to 
elevate the character and increase the usefulness of the medical 
profession, by a fraternal interchange of opinions, and the united 
exertions of its members for mutual improvement by discussions 
and contributions to medical literature, and the collateral 
sciences. 

The regular Meetings are held on the first Monday evening 
in each month. 



BROOKLYN CITY HOSPITAL. 

Kaymond st. n. Dekalb av. 

CHARTERED MAY 8th, 1845. 

Present Building opened April 28th, 1852. 



OFFICERS FOR 1S55. 

President, John Haslet t. 



Vice President, 

Secretary, 

Treasurer, 



Robert Nichols. 
Alex. M. White. 
John Blunt. 



Arthur W. Benson. 
Charles E. Bill. 
Hamlin Blake. 
Conklin Brush. 
Horace B. Claflin. 
Georeje Cotrgeshall, 
Peter C. Cornell 



TRUSTEES. 

Hanson K. Corning. 
Alfred Edwards. 
Richard Field. 
J. H. Frothingham. 
John Greenwood. 
George Hall. 
John Halsey. 



Fred'eric H. Hebard. 
Abiel A. Low. 
George D. Morgan. 
Henry E. Pierrepont. 
Robert SherwelL 
Cyrus P. Smitli. 



56 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

PHYSICIANS. 

James Crane. D. S. Landon. 

Henry J. Cullen. Horatio S. Smith. 

SURGEONS. 

John Cochran. Daniel E. Kissam. 

De Witt C. Enos. James M. Minor. 

Hesidefit Fhysician^ S. W. Carmichael. 
Resident Suigeon^ W. H. Babcock. 
Sitperintendent^ John Morgan. 



BROOKLYN DISPENSARY. 

No. 109 Pineapple st. 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE GENERAL ACT, 1850. 

Open daily from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. 

President^ Arthur W. Benson. 

Vice Presidents^ Luther B. Wyman, Alanson W. Trask. 

Secretary J William W. Henshaw. 

Treasurer^ Iverson W. Knapp. 

TRUSTEES. 

Samuel Barber. Benj. "W, Delamater. George G. Sampson. 

David B. Baylis. Isaac H. Frothingham. Robert Sherwell. 

Arthur W, Benson. Iverson W. Knapp. Samiiel Sloan. 

Benj. B. Blydenburgh. Anson Laphani. Gerrit Smith. 

John Bullard. Richard H. Manning. John Smith. 

John D. Chase. John T. Martin. John J. Studwell. 

Hanson K. Corning. James McBride. Alanson Trask. 

Jasper E. Corning. Robert Nichols. Luther B. Vfyman. 
Aaron L. Reid. 

CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 

Daniel E. Kissam, M. D. Leonard C. McPhail, M. D. 

Horatio S. Smith, M. D. 

ATTENDING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 

John Ball, M. D. Joseph B. Jones, M. D. 

S. H. Catlin, M. D. Alexander Little, M. D. 
James Hibben, M. D. E. A. Whaley, M. D. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



57 



Established for the purpose of dispensing gratuitous medical 
advice and remedies to the destitute sick. It has been in ope- 
ration nearly nine years. The Institution, having no estab- 
lished fund to rely upon, is entirely dependent for support upon 
voluntary contributions. The appeals made to the public on behalf 
of this Charity have not been entirely in vain. The Trustees 
have been able to deal out to multitudes its blessings and advan- 
tages year after year with open hand, yet the support extended 
to it has not been commensurate with either the degree of benevo- 
lence animating its conductors, or the character of our city, as a 
''' City of Churches." 



BROOKLYN (HOMCEOPATHIO) DISPENSARY, 
No. 52 Coui't street, 

Ope7t daily from 12 M. to 1 P. M. 

Incorporated Dec. 1852, under the General Laws of the State 
of New York, and established for the purpose of dispensing 
gratuitous medical relief to the destitute sick, by means of 
Homoeopathic advice and remedies. 

OFFICERS FOa 1855. 

President^ Edward "W. Dunham. 

Vice President and Treasurer^ Alfred S. Barnes. 

Secretary^ Oliver P. Mills. 

Pharmaceutist^ J. T. P. Smith. 



TRUSTEES. 



Alfred S. Barnes. 
Arthur W. Benson. 
James A. Cowig. 
John A. Dayton, 
John W. Degraii"W. 
John M. Doubleday. 



Edward "W. Dunham. 
James L. Dunham. 
Rufus R. Graves. 
James McBride. 
Oliver P. Mills. 
Jeremiah P. Robinson. 



Reuben "W. Ropes. 
Benjamin M. Sherman. 
D. Walter Smith. 
Charles A. Townsend. 
Sylvanus S. Townsend. 



ATTENDING PHYSICIANS. 



John Barker. 
A. C. Burke. 
Stephen B. Doty. 
John Duffin. 
Carrol Dunham. 



Joseph B. Elliott. 
Bernhai'dt Fincke. 
"Warren Freeman. 
Samuel S. Guy. 
Oliver R. King. 
3* 



Benjamin C. Macy. 
Horace May. 
Henry Minton. 
R. C. Moffat. 



58 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Surgeon Dentist^ Asa A. Wheeler. 
Annual election for Trustees, 1st Tuesday in December. 



EXTRACT FROxlI THE BY-IiAWS. 

Art. 1. Any person who shall contribute annually to the 
funds of the Association a sum not less than Two Dollars, 
shall be a member thereof; and the payment of Thirty Dollars 
at any one time, shall constitute a member for life. 

Art. 2. Any member of the Association may have the privi- 
lege of sending patients in indigent circumstances to the Dispen- 
sary for medical or surgical treatment. 



EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY. 
Established 1S51, 

No. 109 Pineapple street. 
Open daily from 1 1 A. M. to 2 P. M. 

For list of officers, see Brooklyn Dispensary. 



-WILLIAMSBURGH DISPENSARY. 
Fifth street, cor. South 1st. 

Open daily, except Sundays, from 8 A. M. to 4.30 P. M., 
from the 1st of October to the 1st of March ; and during the 
remainder of the year, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. On Sundays 
the Dispensary is open from 9 to 10 A. M., and from 1 to 2 P. M. 

OFFICERS FOR 1855. 

President^ Samuel Groves. 

Vice Presidents^ John J. Hicks, Timothy Coffin. 

Secretary J John Broach. Treasurer^ Daniel Maujer. 

TRUSTEES. 

Joseph H. Adamg. Tliomas M. Clark. Samuel Groves. 

George E. Baker. Timothy Coffin. John Hamilton. 

O. M. Beach. Levi Darbee. W. T. Hemmenway. 

Nathaniel Briggs. Charles H. Fellows John J. Hicks. 

John Broach. George Field. Daniel Maujer. 

William Bunting. Thomas W. Field. Thomas C. Moore. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 59 

Henry Oltmans. Henry E. Ripley. "William "Wall. 

E. S. Porter. Ei chard Ten Eyck. James M. "Waterbury 

Charles Reynolds. Chai-les F, Tuttle. John D. Wells. 

Thomas J. Van Sant. 

Consulting Fhysicians. Consulting Surgeons. 

S. Wade, M. D. A. J. Berry, M. D. 

0. H. Smith, M. D. F. M. Lorett, K D. 

Attending Physicians. 

John A. Brady, M. D. IS'elson L. K'orth, M. D. 

Spencer H. Brown, M. D. 

Apothecary. 
. Hiram P. Hardcastle. 

Established in 1851 for the gratuitous medical and surgical 
relief of citizens and strangers. The original territorial limits 
of the Dispensary extended to the entire city of Williamsburgh. 

Twenty-five trustees are elected from the body of members 
annually on the 1st Wednesday of February. The Trustees 
elect the Officers from their own number annually, on the 1st 
succeeding monthly meeting (2d Thursday) ; and also appoint 
the Committees, and Visiting, Attending and Counselling Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, and an Apothecary. The payment of three 
dollars, for the benefit of the Institution, will constitute any 
adult person a member for one year ; and the payment of 
twenty-five dollars, a member for life. 



HYDROPATHY, 

OS 
WATR CURE. 



GrEGRGE F. Adams, M. D., No. 141 Amity Street. See advertise- 
ment^ last white page hack, 

Archibald Fraser, No. 2 Pacific street, near Court street. 
Mrs. Amelia W. Lines, No. 50 South 8th street., E. District. 



60 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

ORTHOP-SGDIC INSTITUTION, 

For the Cure of Bodily Deformities and Diseases of 

THE Joints. 

457, 459, and 461 Pacific street, Sontb Brooklyn. 

This Establishment has been founded by Louis Bauer, 
M. D., within the last two years, and is the only one of the kind 
in the United States. It occupies three houses, and comprises 
all facilities and auxiliary means for its special object, a gymna- 
sium for exercises, baths, factory for orthopa3dic apparatus, &c. 

About 50 indoor patients can be accommodated. The rooms 
are well ventilated, spacious, lighted with gas, comfortably and 
neatly furnished, and are kept in excellent condition. 

As the title of the Institution indicates, it admits but pa- 
tients afflicted with deformities of the frame and articular dis- 
eases, as for instance : Spinal Curvature^ Rickety Wryneck^ 
Bowleg, Knock-knee, Flat and Club-foot, or distortions of the 
limbs^ consequent on paralysis, onuscular contractions, etc. 

There are two classes of patients, viz., such as have their 
own rooms and nurses, and others who share their wards and 
attendants in common with other patients. The latter pay ten 
dollars per week, which sum includes nursing, medical treat- 
ment, and medicine. The washing of body-linen and the supply 
of such orthopaedic apparatus are not included, which are for 
special purpose and made for the patient's special use. The In- 
stitution admits also out-door patients to the treatment and tho 
use of the Gymnasium, and the poor gratuitously on TuesdaysJ 
and Fridays, from 3 to 6 P. M. 

During the period above stated to March first, 135 patients 
have been received or attended to in the Institution, and pro- 
vided with orthopaedic instruments. Occasionally Dr. L. Bauer 
delivers Clinical Lectures at the Institution on his speciality. 

According to the rules professional visitors are received at 
any time, but the in-door patients can be seen only on Tuesdays 
and Fridays, P. M. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



61 



PUYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 

^VESTERN DISTRICT. 
Those marked thus * are members of the Kings Co. Medical Society. 



Abernethy, John J. 
Arming, William 
* Ay res, Daniel 
Ayres, Gabriel D. 
Babcock, W. H. 
Bache, Benj. R, u. s. n. 
Baley, L. W. 
^•Ball, George C. 
*Ball, John 
Barthelmess, Richard 
Bassett, Benjamm F. 
Bauer, Louis 
Beebe, George R. 
Beer?, George W. 
*Belden, R. 
Bell, A. Nelson 
Benedict, William C. 
^Benjamin, H. L. 
*Bennet, George I. 
Bernardy, Peter 
*B,etts, John A. 
*Bett9, William C. 
Biggam, William 
Blackmore, John 
Bleek, Philip C. 
*Boyd, Samiiel 
Braeunlich, Gustav 
BrinkerhofF, L, u. s. N. 
Brodie, John A. N. 
*Brooks, Daniel 
Brooks, Geoi-ge 
*Brown, William K. 
Buell, R. M. 
Burge, J. H. Hobart 
Burge, William J. 
Burrows, Waters, jr. 
Byrne, James 
Byrne, John 
Carmiehael, S. W. 
*Carpenter, John 
•»Catlin, S. H. 
Champney, Samuel 
*Chapman, Edwin N. 
Chase, Charles, u. s. n. 
Clark, Joseph E, 
Cochran, Alexander 
Cochran, George 



*Cochran, John 
*Colgan, Joseph P. 
Colgan, Joseph P., jr. 
Conklin, J. T. 
*Cooke, Purcell 
Corbitt, Michael 
*Crane, James 
Croutherly, Augustus 
Cruttenden, Alexis H. 
*CulIen, Henry J. 
Davey, Adolphus 
Davol, William H. 
Dewitt, Gasherie 
Dillon, Landon 
Dodge, D. Albert 
Dorian, Henry 
Drake, Nelson S. 
*Dudley, William H. 
Duff, John H. 
I-)ulon, Robert 
Dupignac, Barzilla H. 
Eaton, Richardson A. 
*Edmonds, Robert 
Enos, De Witt C. 
Evans, Augustus C. 
Feer, A. 

Ferrier, Thomas 
Fisher, Richard S. 
Ford, Nathaniel 
^Franklin, E. C. 
*Frink, Cyrus 
Gardiner, William H. 
^Garrison, Nelson A. 
Gibbs, Edwin H. 
Giddings, S, M. 
*Gilf]l]an, George 
Goodwin, Francis 
*Grave, C. W. 
Gray, Tompkins D. 
Green, Thomas H. 
Hagarty, James F. 
Haliday, Edward 
Hallett, Arnold 
*Halsey, J. Condit 
Harris, Charles 
Hasell, Lewis 
Haslett, John 



*Henry, Thomas W. 
Henry, John 
Heuser, Wilhelm 
Hibben, James 
Homiston, Joseph 
Hornby, John 
■^Howard, J. 
Hughes, James 
Hunter, Isaac PL 
*Hurd, Frederick W. 
*Hutchins, James H. 
Hutchinson, Joseph C. 
*Hyde, Lucius 
Jackson, Samuel 
Johnson, Samuel 
Jones, Joseph B. 
*Kalt, Augustus 
Keily, Thomas J. 
Kelley, J. Wesley 
King, Theodore F. 
*Kissam, Daniel K 
Landon, D, S. 
Law, William 
Leach, J. T. G. 
Litchfield, John 
*Little, Alexander 
Little, Moses S. 
L3'man, Benjamin 
Maebert, Edward 
Magill, A. H. 
Malone, John 
*Manley, G. V. 
Marsellas, T. 
Marshall, Benjamin 
Martindale, F. E. 
*Marvin, George 
*Mason, Theodore L. 
Masson, Francis 
Mayo, Henry 0., it. s. n. 
McAllister, Thomas 
*McClel]an, C. R. 
McDonnell, John 
McDonnell, Michael 
McGrath, Edward C. 
Mcllroy, Samuel P. 
*McPhail, Leonard 0. 
McWhinney, John 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



jSIinor, James M, 
*Mitcliell, Chauncey L. 
Moove, Robert 
*Morris, Frederick 
]\[ulhallon, Wrn. E. 
Munson, James S, 
Murph}^ William E. 
IS^onis, Thomas 
O'Brien, Thomas 
^Olmstead, Roger S. 
Oppenaeur, Louis 
*Osborn, Samuel J. 
*()strander, Ezekiel 
*Ostrander, F. W. 
O'Sullivan, Daniel J. 
*Otterson, Andrew 
Otterson, William C. 
Owen, James L. 
*Palmedo, Ulric 
Palmer, Richard H. 
*Parker, Bradley 
Peck, A. E. 
Peck, Edgar F. 



Plunkett, G. A. 
Potter, Francis M. 
*Powers, T. W. 
Reese, William W. 
*Rhodes, Robert R. 
Rice, Pitken 
*Robbins, Augustus 
Rotton, Edward 
*Rotton, Otto 
^Rowland, Charles 
Ruddock, Asa S. 
Rush, Charles 
Schriefer, F. W. 
Sinclair, Thomas 
*Smith, Horatio S. 
Smith, T. L., u. s. n, 
Squibb, E. R., u. s. n. 
Steele, William, jr. 
Stewart, James 
Stolz, Frederick, 
Stone, A. 
Strong, James 
Swalm, Samuel J. 
*Swift, William 



Swift, Wm. u. s. N. 
Teller, Harrison. 
*Thorne, John S. 
Tillinghast, P. D. 
Todd, H, C. 
Tucker, Wilson 
Turner, Joseph M. 
Valentiny, Charles 
*Vanderveer, A. 
Van Ness, John 
Van Zandt, Charles A. 
Van Zandt, John W. 
Vethake, John W. 
*Wade, Timothy A. 
Walsh, James 
*Wendell, Matthew 
Whaley, E. A. 
White, Thomas (col'd.) 
Whitehead, William E. 
Whitney, Elijah 
*Williams, William H. 
*Willsher, Henry 
Young, John S. 



PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 



EASTERN DISTRICT. 



Those marked thus * are Members of the Williamsburgh Medical Society. 



Andrews, T. D. 
Bagley, J. J. 
*Berry, Abraham J. 
Blennerhasset, John 
Bogard, Alwyn 
Brady, John A. 
Brown, Spencer H. 
Campbell, James P. 
Carpenter, Seymour 
Cheeseman, J. K. 
Colt, E. N. 

*Cooke, Chauncey L. 
Davis, Job 
Devendorf, Edward 
Drake, James 
Duprell, T. W. 
Harris, Alexander 
Husband, Richard J. 
Jar vis, Aaron 



Jones, Algernon S. 
Jones, William H. 
Knauss, Louis 
*Kraekowitzer, Ernest 
Leigh, John 
Leonard, William D. 
Lorett, Francis M. 
*Macfarlan, E. 
McLee, John 
Myer, Aaron 
Newman, James 
Nichols, Thomas L. 
Nicot, Lewis 
North, Nelson L. 
Olcott, C. 
O'Neil, M. 
Palmer, J. J. 
*Palmer, L. N. 
Peer, William H. 



*Perry, G. B. 
Porter, Henry H. 
Ray, Peter W. (col'd.) 
Rivenburgh, C. V. 
Roehr, Harman 
*Schapps, C. H. 

Silversight, 

Smith, Caleb 
Smith, 0. H. 
Snell, Isaac K. 
Tuttle, J. W. 
Vermond, August' 
Wade, Sidney 
*Walsh, John 
Weismandel, P. 
White, J. A. 
Williams, S. J. 
Willis, L. A. 
Young, John 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 



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HOMCEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. 



Appleton, Henry T>. 
Baker, Daniel 
Banks, H. M. 
Barker, John 
Bennett, J. B. 
Bryant, Joel 
Burke, A. C. 
Dinsmore, J. Pitman 
Doty, Stephen B. 
Duffin, John 



WESTERN DISTRICT. 

Dunham, Carroll 
Elliott, Joseph B. 
Fincke, Bernhardt 
Guy, Samuel S. 
Harrington, Isaac 
Hull, A, Cooke 
King, Oliver R. 
Lodge, Edwin A. 
Macy, Benjamin C. 
May, Horace 



Minton, Henry- 
Moffat, R. C. 
Newcomb, George V. 
Orion, J. R. 
Perrine, Wm. L. R. 
Richardson, E. T. 
Richter, M. A. 
Rosman, Robert 
Turner, John 
Wells, Parkhurst P. 



HOM(EOPATRIC PHYSICIANS, 

EASTERN DISTRICT. 

Handford. Samuel C. Ward, J. H. 

Handford, William H. Wright, Albert. 

Wright, William. 



Firth, Horatio E. 
Frisbie, S. W. 
Harrington, D. 
Jennings, James 



ECIiECTIC PHYSICIANS. 

Macdonald, John Stem, Ferdinand ' 

Macdonald, Wash'gton Stow, Benjamin J. 

Reynoldson, William Van Buren, Moses 
Smith, D. E. 



BOTANIC PHYSICIANS. 

Van Brakle, James King, S. G. ' 

Tobias, Isaac. 

HYDROPATHIC PHYSICIANS. 

Adams, George F. Fraser, Archibald. 

MEDICAL ELECTRICIANS. 

Benton, Henry A. Van Epps, Abraham C. 



CUPPERS AND LEECHERS. 



Brown, Mary C. 
Burreli, Mrs. 
Gregson, John W. 



Hall, Mrs. E. 
Martin, Eliza. 
Rhodes, Eliza. 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



FEMALE PHYSICIANS. 



Lines, Mrs. Amelia W., Hydropatliist, 50, South 8tli st. 
Moore, Lucy L. (col'd), Botanic, Division av., n. Union av. 
Price, Mrs. Sarah, 106 High street. See advertisement^ 
second white page front. 



Bald 



win, 



Branique, John 
Bridges, Samuel W. 
Brockway, George . , 
Brown, Lyman 
Cleveland, W. 
Conkling, Nathaniel 
Cooper, Gustavus A. 
Corbitt, Michael 
Dillingham, W. S. 
Dolbeare, Frederick W. 
Dumon, John J. 
Dnpignac, Barzilla H. 
Eagleton, Godwin J. 



DENTISTS. 

WESTERN DISTRICT. 

Fisher, II. P. 
Frink, S. C. 
Gregson, John W. 
Griffin, N. B. 
Harris, Charges 
Kimball, Gnrdon 
Latte, John 
Ledoux, J. B. 
Marvin, Cornelius A. 
Mason, Henry W. 
Mermier, Charles F. 
Miller, J. E. 
Mirick, II. G. 
Monroe, I. C. 



Parkhurst, Gurdon R. 
Piatt, Abraham 
Riggs, Alfred 
Rose, George 
Schaap, Richard 
Scott, John 
Smith, John W. 
Smith, S. W. 
Stratton, Ilezokiah N. 
Wheeler, Asa A. 
Wilson, E. 
Wood, George 
Woodbridge, Joseph 
Young, Wm. H. 



Bishop, Charles 
Burpee, H. L. 
Capron, A. 
Clark, Z. M. 
Davidson, D. ]\L 



Ashman, Mrs. 
Dissen, Mrs. 
Frederickson, Mary A. 
Gardner, Mrs. 
Kelly, Jane 



DENTISTS. 

EASTERN DISTRICT. 

Griswold, A. H. 
Hurd, William B. 
Slade, Lloyd 
Starr, W. W. 

NURSES. 
WESTERN DISTRICT. 

Main ay, Catharine 
McCudden, Elizabeth 
Munsen, Letitia 
Pinkham, Ruth 
Robe, Catharine" 



Tomlinson, Simon 
Ti'endelenburg, T. E. 
Twitchell, S. H. 
Weeks, Cornelius 



Snacks, Louisa 
Tinker, Miss 
Townsend, Juliette 
Williams, Mrs. E. 



Bancroft, Sarah 
Bond, Ellen 
Dougan, Hannah 
Gross, Charlotte 
Herring, Mrs. 



NURSES. 

EASTERN DISTRICT. 

Jarvis, Elizabeth 
Knaach, W. 
Martin, Eliza 
McCarty, Margaret 
McFarlaud, Harriet E. 



Parish, Mary 
Rhodes, Mrs. 
Upson, Rachel 
Young, E. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. ^5 



BANES. 
ATLANTIC BANK. 

No. 55 Fulton street. 

Established 1836. Capital, $500,000. Shares, 10,000. Par. $50. 

Dividends, March and Sept. Discount days, Tuesdays and Saturdays. 

President^ Daniel Embury. 

Cashier, William C. Kuslimore. Notary, Benjamin K. True. 

DIRECTORS. 

Peter C Cornell. Jeremiah Lott. Henry K Sheldon. 

Daniel Embury. George D. Morgan. Samuel Smith. 

Lowell Holbrook. Henry C. Murphy. Brewster Valentine. 

William Hunter, jr. George S. Puffer. 

John Jager. John Scheuck. 

Annual Election, 2d Tuesday in June, 



BROOKI.YN BANK. 

No. 5 Front street. 

Established 1S36. Capital, $500,000. .Shares, 10,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, 3Iarch and Sept. Discount days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

President, Thomas Messenger. 
Cashier, Hector Morrison. Notary, Benjamin K. True. 

directors. 

John Blunt. , John Ladilaw. John Sneden. 

Sidney Cornell.* Thomas Messenger. Robert Speir. 

R B Duyckinck. Henry P. Morgan. Edward D. White. 

Isaac E. Haviland. Daniel A. Robbins. John P. Yelverton. 

Annual Election, Id Tuesday in June. 



central bank. 

Junction of Fulton and Washington streets, 

Established 1S53. Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, Jan. and July. Discount days, Mondays and Fridays. 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



President J Edward Copland. 
Cashier, John K. Pruyn. 



Edward Copland. 
Thomas W. Cumming. 
James W, Elwell. 
John II. Funk. 
Seymour L. Husted. 



DIRECTORS. 

Samuel E. Johnson. 
Robert L. Lane. 
Francis D. Mason. 
William M. Peck. 
Samuel J. Powell. 



John K. Pruyn. 
David S. Quimby. 
Martin Ryerson. 
John Spader. 
James Weaver. 



Annual £Jlection, 2d 'Monday in January. 



CITY BAMi. 

No. 146 Atlantic STREET. 

Established 1S50. Capital, $300,000. Shares, 6,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, Feb. and Aug. Disco^mt days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

President.^ John Skillman. 
Yice President^ Charles Christmas. Cashier, Robert P. Perrin. 



Garret G. Bergen. 
Henry Boerum. 
John D. Cocks, 
Charles Christmas. 
Samuel Osborne. 



DIRECTORS. 

Anthony P. Ostrom. 
Otto AV. Pollitz. 
Wm. H. Simonton. 
John Skillman, 
Ira Smith. 



Charles Stanton. 
James S. T. Stranahan. 
John N. Taylor. 
James Van Nostrand. 
Henry D. Young. 



Annual Election, \st Monday in December. 



FARMERS' AND CITIZENS' BANK. 

N. W. COR. First and S. Seventh streets, Eastern District. 

Established 1853. Capital, $200,000. Shares, S,000. Par, $25. 

Dividends, March and Sept Discount days, Tiiesdays and Fridays. 

President, Samuel W. Lowerre. 

Cashier, O. M. Beach. 



John Firth. 
Morris Fosdick. 
John N. Hey ward. 
Lewis L. James. 
Samuel Lord. 



directors. 

Samuel W. Lowerre. 
F. V. Morrell. 
Laurens Reeve. 
L. S. Richardson. 
John H. Seaman. 
Adam Stodart. 



David Sturtevant. 
William Tyson. 
George Vandeverg, jr 
Thomas J. Van Sant. 
A. Wesson. 



Annual Election, 1st Tuesday in April. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 67 

LONG ISIiAND BANK. 

No. 53 Fulton street. 

Established 1843. Capital, $400,000. Shares, 8,000, Par, $30. 

Dividends, Feb. and Aug, Discouiit days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

President, William S. Herriman. 
Cashier, George L. Sampson. Notary, Benjamin K. Tyue. 

DIRECTORS. ^ 

David B. Baylis. "William S. Herriman. George L. Sampson. 

Edward W, Dunham. Barnet Johnson, Gerrit Smith. 

John S. Gerritson. Nicholas J^uqueer. John Vanderbilt, 

Samuel Gerritson. John Penfold. 

27ie Officers and Directors of this Bank are permanent. 



MECHANICS' BANK. 

No. 8 Court street. 

Established 1853. Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, March and Sept. Offering days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

Discount days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

President, Conklin Brush. 

Cashier, Alvah S. Mulford. Notary, Livingston K. Miller. 

directors. 

Loomis Ballard. Conklin Brush. Joseph C. Johnson. 

Abraham B. Baylis. Isaac Cavhart. Samuel Sloan. 

George W. Bergen. Daniel Chauncey. Samuel W. Slocum. 

John G. Bergen. Stephen Haynes. John J. Studwell, 

Annual Flection, 1st Monday in June. 



MECHANICS' BANK OF WILIilAMSBURGH. 

No. 18 Grand street. 

Established 1853. Capital, $250,000. Shares, 5,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, Jan. and July. Discount days, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 
president, Martin Kalbfleisch. 
Cashier^ Erastus R. Plielps. 



6S 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



DIRECTORS. 

Edwin A. Johnson. 
Martin Kalbfleisch. 
Minor H. Keith. 



Mills P. Baker. 
J. Debevoise. 
Andrew B. Hodges. 

Annual Election, 1st Monday in May. 



Grahams Polley. 
Aaron C. Underhill. 



WIIiLIAMSBURGH CITY BANK. 

S. W. COR. First and S. 7th streets. 

Established 1S52. Capital, $320,000. Shares, 6,400. Par, $50. 

Dividends, Jan. and Jidy- Discount days, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

President^ Noah Waterbury. 

Cashier^ George Field. 



Charles L. Anthony. 
Richard Berry. 
William Covert. 
John A. Cross. 
John M. Furman. 



DIRECTORS. 

George Kitching. 
William Laytin. 
Daniel Manjer. 
William J. Pease. 
John J. Van Alst. 



Abraham Vandervoort. 
William Wall. 
James M. Waterbury. 
L'oah Waterbury. 
Nicholas Wyckotf. 



Annual Election, \st Monday in February. 



BANKS FOR SAVINGS. 



brookl.ym savings bank. 

Fulton street, cor. Concord. 

President^ Hosea Webster. 

Vice Presidents.^ Samuel Smith, Frederick T. Peefc. 

Accountant^ Jolin A. Lattimer. Comptroller^ John Blunt. 



trustees. 

William Ellsworth. 
R,nfus R. Graves. 
Elihu Harrison. 
Wm. Hunter, jr. 
John Jager. 
Abiel A. Low. 
Thomas Messenger. 
Henry P. Morgan. 



Daniel Ayres. 
Charles E. Bill. 
Jarvis Brush. 
William B. Cooper. 
Peter C. Cornell. 
Benj. W, Delamater. 
Andrew Demerest. 
Edward W. Dunham. 
Alfred Edwards. 

Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted), from 10 A. M. 
to 2 P. M., also on Monday evenings from 4 to 9 o'clock. 

The Officers and Trustees of this Bank are jtermanent. 



Henry C. Murph3^ 
Henry E. Pierrepont. 
Henry Shelden, 
Gyrus P. Smith. 
Peter Turner, 
D. W. Wetmore. 
Alex. M. White. 
Edward Whitehouse. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 69 

central bank, savings department. 

Junction of Fulton and Washington streets. 

For Officers and Directors, see Central Bank. 
Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted), from 9 A. M. 
to 3 P. M., and on Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 o'clock. 



east brookl.yn savings bank. 

Unorganized. 



FARMERS' AND CITIZENS' BANK, 
Savings Department. 

N. W. COR. First and S. 7th streets, Eastern District. 
For Officers and Directors, see Farmers^ and Citizens^ Bank. 

Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted), from 9 A. M. 
to 3 P. M., and on Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. 
Cashier^ 0. M. Beach. 



south brooklyn savings institution. 

173 Atlantic street (Athen^um Building). 

President^ Ira Smith. 

l5^ Yice Prcs.j D. B. Baylis. '^d Vice Pres.^ George A. Jarvis. 

Secretary y George W. Ward. 

Teller^ Howard Pearsall. Comptroller^ David B. Baylis. 

trustees. 

David B. Baylis. Nehemiah Knight. Rollin Sanford. 

David Biiffum. G. B. Lamar. Ira Smith. 

Pope Catlin. Edward A. Lambert. William Spencer, 

John D. Cocks. Ezra Lewis. James S. T. Stranahan. 

Joseph W. Greene. Charles R. Marvin. John N. Taylor. 

Richard T. Holmes. Samuel Osborne. George P. Titus. 

Felix A. Huntington. Anthony P. Ostrom. James Van Nostrand. 

Geoi-ge A. Jarvis. Robert P. Perrin. Jonathan S. Whitney. 

Joseph Ketehum, jr. William Poole. 

Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted), from 10 A. M. 
to 2 P. M., and on Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 o'clock. 

Annual Flection^ \st Monday in January. 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



WII.L.IAMSBURCJH SAVINGS BANK. 

INCORPORATED 1851. 
Fourth street, cor. S. Sd, Eastern DIstrict. 

Securities, Jan. 1st, 1S35, $235,733 60. 

Viz.: Bonds and Mortgages, $170,166 58. Williamsburgh 6 per cent, 
stock, $5l,0&1 02. Williamsburgh 1 per cent, stock, ^8,500. 

President, William Wall. 

Vice Presidents, George Ricard, Nathaniel Driggs. 

Secretary, Samuel W. Truslow. 



"William Bunting. 
Jonatlian S. Burr. 
Timothy Coffin. 
Edmund Driggs. 
Henry P. Freeman. 



trustees. 

George D. Hubbard. 
Samuel M. Meeker. 
Henry Oltmans. 
Peter Shute. 
Richard Ten Eyck. 

Clerk, John Broach. 



Samuel W. TrusloTV. 
Norman Van Nostrand. 
James M. Waterbury. 
Franklin Whiting. 
Nicholas Wyckoflf. 



Interest Payable, 3d Monday in January and July. 
Open daily (Sundays and holidays excepted), from 3 to 7 
o'clock, P. M. Deposits of five cents and upwards received iu 
bankable money only. Annual election, 1st Monday in January. 



FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. 



ATLANTIC INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED, 1851. 

Offices, 140 Atlantic st., Brooklyn ; 72 Wall st.. New York. 

Capital, $150,000. Shares, 1,500. Par, $100. 

Dividends, March and September. 

Preside?ity John D. Cocks. Secretary^ Horatio Dorr. 

directors. 



Robert H. Berdell. 
Edward Bridge. 
Levi H. Brigham. 
Jar vis Brush. 
Seymour Burrell. 
Charles Christmas. 



John D. Cocks. 
John A. Davenport. 
Czar Dunning. 
John Fowler. 
Joseph W. Greene. 
Walter S. Griffith. 



Richard T. Holmes. 
Seymour L. Husted. 
George A. Jarvis. 
George L. Kent. 
Nehemiah Knight. 
Edward A. Lambert. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



71 



Ezra Lewis. 
Electus B. Litchfield. 
E. Darwiu Litchfield. 
Curtis Noble. 
Samuel Osborne. 
Anthony P. Ostrom. 
Dennis Perkins. 



Robert P. Perrin. 
Joseph Petit. 
William Poole. 
Nathaniel Putnam. 
Camille C. Roumage. 
William H. Simonton. 
Charles Stanton. 



James S. T. Stranahan. 
Henry Snydam, jr. 
John N. Taylor, 
James Van Nostrand. 
John J. Van Nostrand. 
J. S. Whitney. 
William W. Wickes. 



Annual Election, Thursday after 1st Monday in January. 



BROOKLYN INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1824. 

Offices, 43 Fulton st., Brooklyn ; 6 Mers'. Ex., Wall st, N. Y. 

Capital, $102,000. Shares, 6,000. Par, $1T. 

Dividends, August and February. 

Presidoit^ "William Ellsworth. 
Secretary yWm. F. Leggett. Ass't Sec, Matthew H. Voorhees. 



DIRECTORS. 



Phineas T. Barnum. 
Robert C. Bell. 
John R. Briggs. 
John T. Bruce. 
Charles T. Cromwell. 
William Ellsworth. 
Jerome B. Fitzgerald. 



Isaac V. Fowler. 
Nathaniel P. Freeman. 
Andre Froment. 
George Gilfillan. 
Joseph M. Greenwood. 
Charles A. Jarvis. 
John A. Kennedy. 



Solomon Kipp. 
Theodore Martina. 
William Okell. 
Henry Quaekenboss. 
John C. Smith. 
Samuel F. Whiting. 
Philip H. Williams. 
Annual Election, \st Monday in June. 



CITIZENS'INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1836. 
Offices, 18 Grand si, E. Dist. ; 67 Wall st. and 58 Bowery, N. Y. 

Capital, $150,000. Shares, T,500. Par, $20. 

Dividends, June and December. 

President, Daniel Burtnett. 
Sec, James M. McLean. AssH Sec.^ Gardiner S. Harding. 

DIRECTORS. 



Alonzo A. Alvord. 
James C. Baldwin. 
Robert Barkley. 
Daniel Burtnett 
John S. Harris. 

Annual Election, Thursday after \st Tuesday in June, 



Jay Jarvis. 
Jacob Miller. 
Francis A. Palmer. 
John Bodine. 



Augustus Schell. 
William J. Valentine. 
William Wallace. 
James M. Waterbury. 



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BROOKLYN CITY AND 



FULTON INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1853. 

Offices, 43 Grand st, Eastern District; 40 Wall st, K"ew York. 

Capital, $150,000. Shares, 6,000. Par, %25, 

Dividends, April aoid October. 

President^ Andrew B. Hodges. 
Vice Fres.^ Rollin Sandford. *Sec., William Mulligan. 



James Affleck. 
Anthony J. Allaire. 
George Barnes. 
James S. Beams. 
Charles C. Betts. 
Bradford Blanchard. 
Barnet B. Boerum. 
Jacob B. Boerum. 
Joseph Boue:hton. 
Thomas M. Clark. 
William A. Cobb. 
William L. Couklin. 
John J. Crane. 
Timothy B. Crawford. 

Annual 



DIRECTORS. 

Philip S. Crooke. 
John L. Everett. 
Edwards W. Fiske. 
Amasa S. Foster. 
Andrew B. Hodges. 
Mai'cus F. Hodges. 
Sej^mom* L. Husted. 
Martin Kalbfleisch. 
Henry A. Kent. 
Edwin R. Livermore. 
James Moore. 
John Moore. 
Thomas C. Moore. 



James L. Morgan. 
Elisha B. Morrell. 
William Mulligan. 
Edv/ard Neville. 
Grahams Policy. 
George W. Prince. 
Richard Rayuor. 
Rollin Sandford. 
J. V. Schoonmaker. 
Jared Sparks. 
Francis B. Spinola. 
J. Sckenck Suydam. 
Asa C. Tefft. 



Election^ \8t TJiursday in February. 



liONG ISL-AND INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1853. 

Office, 41 Fulton street. 
Capital, $300,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, January and Jxdy. 

President^ Benjamin W. Delamater. 
Secretary^ William W. Henshaw. 



Daniel Ayres. 

Thomas Baylis. 

Charles E. Bill. 

Thomas W. Birdsall. 

William M. Bliss. 

Peter C. Cornell. 

Hanson K. Corning. 

Benjamin W. Delamater. Joshua C. Skidmore. 

Charles P. Leverich. 



DIRECTORS. 

John A. Lott. 
Frederick Marquand. 
Minturn Post. 
John H. Prentice. 
Daniel A. Robbins. 
Charles H. Rogers. 
John Schenck. 



Charles J. Taylor. 
R. V. W. Thorn e. 
John Vanderbilt. 
George S. Wiley. 
Smith WoodhuU. 
Neziah Wright. 
John P. Yelvertoru 
Henry Young. 



Annual Election, 2df Monday in May, 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



73 



NASSAU INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1852. 

Offices, 10 Court st., Brooklyn ; 12 Mers'. Ex., Wall st., N. Y. 

Capital, $150,000. Shares, 3,000. Par, $50. 

Divide7ids, August and February. 

Preside7it^ "William M. Harris. 
iSecretary^ Abraham J. Beekmam. 



Peter Balen. 
Loomis Ballard. 
J. A. H. Bell. 
James C. Brevoort. 
Conklin Brush. 
William F. Bulkley. 
Isaac Carhart. 
William H. Carj. 
Michael Chauncey. 
Leonard Cooper. 
Hanson K. Corning. 
John Dimon. 



DIRECTORS. 
John French. 
Thomas J. Gerald. 
Joseph W. Harper. 
William M. Harris. 
Stephen Haynes. 
William Hunter, jr. 
Joseph C. Johnson. 
Elijah Lewis. 
Electus B. Litchfield. 
Abiel A. Low. 
Charles R. Lynde. 
John T. Martin. 



George D. Morgan. 
Henry C. Murphy. 
Daniel Richards. 
George L. Shaw. 
Samuel Smith. 
Thomas Stratton. 
John J, Studwell. 
Alexander Underhill. 
Daniel Van Voorhis. 
Benjamin F. Wardwell. 
James Weaver. 



Annual Election, \st Txiesday in February. 



PHENIX INSURANCE CO. 

CHARTERED 1853. 

Offices, 345 Fulton st., Brooklyn; 64 Wall st, New York. 

Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, March and September. 
President^ Stephen Crowell. Secretary^ Philander Shaw. 



Edward Anthony. 
George B. Ai'cher. 
Matthew Armstrong. 
Ezra Baldwin. 
Henry Bange. 
Nathan T. Beers. 
George W. Bergen. 
Charles C Betts. 
John A. Betts. 
Alvin C. Bradley. 
Alexis Bragg. 
S. Baldwin Chapman. 
Henry Collins. 
Henry N. Conklin. 



DIRECTORS. 

Richard L. Ci'ook. 
Stephen Crowell. 
James De Gray. 
Thomas S. Denike. 
George H. Ellery. 
Daniel F. Fernald. 
Isaac H. Frothingham. 
John Harper. 
William H. Hazard. 
John M. Hicks. 
J. D. Ingersoll. 
John D. Lawrence. 
Electus B. Litchfield. 



Ralph Mead, jr. 
Moses. F. Odell. 
James S. Rockwell. 
Gustav Schwab. 
Benjamin F. Seaver. 
George I, Seney. 
Andrew V. Stout, 
James H Taft. 
Alanson Trask. 
Sam. Van Benschoten, 
Wm. Vandeventer. 
Benj. F. Wardwell. 
Jotham Weeks, 



Annual Election, lit Monday in April. 
4 



74 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



WIIiLIAMSBURGH CITY FIRE INSUllAXCE COMPANY. 

CHARTERED 1852. 
Offices, South 7th street, cor. First, E. Dist., aud 71 Wall aud 93 Beaver, KY. 

Capital, $150,000. Shares, 3,000. Par, $50. 

Dividends, January and July. 

President^ Richard Ten Eyck. 
Secretary, John D. Burtnett. | 



Mills P. Baker. 
Richard Berry. 
Nathaniel Briggs. 
Peter Cooper. 
William Cooper. 
John A. Cross. 
John E. Davidson. 
Edmund Driggs. 
John E. Forbes. 
Henry S. Leverich. 



DIRECTORS. 

Charles H. Marshall. 
William Marshall. 
Daniel Maujer, 
Samuel M. Meeker. 
John Penfold. 
David Provost. 
Hiram Russell. 
Richard Ten Eyck. 
Horace Thayer. 
James L. Truslow. 



Thomas Truslow, jr. 
Aai'on C. Underhill. 
Jolm I. Van Alst. 
Abraham Vandervoort. 
William Wall. 
James M. Waterbury. 
Jabez Williams. 
Reuben K. Withers. 
John Woolsey. 
Nicholas Wyckoff. 



Annual Election, \st Monday in March. 



INSURANCE AGENTS. 



\ 



A. B. Davenport, 285 Fulton street. See advertisement^ first 

white page front. 

Cowley & Haskell, 6 Hamilton avenue. See advertisement ^ 
third white page front. 



MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. 



AMERICAN aiANTEL AND SL.ATE COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED FEB., 1854. 
Capital, $200,000. Shares, 4,000. Par, $50. 

Office, 27 Court street, Brooklyn. 

See advertisement J inside hack cover. 



\ 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 75 

AMERICAN PORCEI.AIN MANUFACTURING C03IPANY. 

INCORPORATED SEPT., 1854. 
Capital, $300,000. Shares, 3,000. Far, $100. 

Manufactory at Greenpoint. Office, 80 Nassau street, New York. 

OFFICERS, 1854-5. 

President, Charles Cartlidge. 

Vice President, Myron J. Frisbie. 

Secretary, S. Carmichael. Treas., Charles Mulock. 

Annual Election, \st Tuesday in October. 



AMERICAN PATENT GAS COOKING AND HEATING COSIPANY. 

INCORPORATED OCT., 1853. 
Capital, $20,000. Shares. 2,000. Par, $10. 

Works, 38 Fulton street, Brooklyn. Office, 358 Broadway, New York. 

OFFICERS. 

President, George J. Cornell. 
Treasurer, Charles B. Macy. 
*if* Full information respecting this Company could not be obtained. 



AMERICAN PATENT LEATHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED AUGUST, 1854. 
Capital, $300,000. Shares, 6,000. Far, $50. 

Works on Steuben street and Park and Grand avs., East Brooklyn. 
Office, 260 Pearl street, New York. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Roswell Hovey. 

Secretary, William H. Story. Treasurer, Stephen Kidder. 



76 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

ATIiANTIC RAILING WORKS AND FOUNDRY. 

INCORPORATED 1853. 
Capital, $50,000. Shares, 1,000. Par, §50. 

Works and Foundry on Imlay and Van Brunt streets, Brooklyn. 
OflSce, 398 Broadway, New York. 

OFFICEES 1854-5. 

President^ S. C. Foster. 
Agent and Treasurer^ George Foster. 

TRUSTEES. 

M. Gr. Clements. George Foster. S. C. Foster. 

Annual Election is held in June. 



FRANCIS' METALLIC LIFE-BOAT COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED SEPT., 1852. 
Capital, $250,000. Shares, 5,000. Par, $50. 

Manufactory at Greenpoint Office, 70 Broad street, New York. 

OFFICEES. 

President, George F. Allen. 
Treasurer and Agent, Marshall Lefferts. 

trustees. 

George F. Allen. Marshall Lefferts. 

Shepard Knapp. Paul Spofford. 

Frederick H. Wolcott. 

Superintendent of Manufactory, Joseph Francis, 



IRVING STEAM BOILER COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED AUGUST, 1854. 
Capital, $500,000. Shares* 5,000. Par, $100. 

Office, 84V Broadway, New York. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 77" 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President^ A. G. Story. 

Secretary and General Agent^ W. F. Phelpa. 

Treasurer^ C. N. Potter. 

TRUSTEES. 

Charles Cartlidge. D. H. Piatt. 

Jonathan Godfrey. Thomas E. Stewart. 

W. F. Phelps. A. G. Story. 

Calvin Townsley. 

Annual Election, last Tuesday in August. 



NEW YORK PATENT FELT COMPANY 

ORGANIZED MARCH, 1853. 
Capital, S130,000. Shares, 1,300. Par, $100. 

Works, William street, opposite Imlay, S. Brooklyn. 
[■ Saks Agents^ Doremus & Nixon, 21 Murray street, New York. 

OFFICERS. 

President J E. P. Rider. 
Treasurer and Secretary^ F. W. G. Bellows. 



WHITE LEAD COMPANIES. 
ATLANTIC WHITE LEAD COMPANY. 

ORGANIZED 1845. 
Capital, $100,000. Shares, 100. Par, $1,000, 

Works on Marshall and Gold sts., and Hudson av., Brooklyn, 
Office, 287 Pearl st., New York. 

OFFICERS 1855. 

President^ Robert Colgate. 
Secretary^ James R. Carr. 

Superintendent^ Robert Sherwell. 



78 BROOKLYN CITY .AND 

TRUSTEES. ^ 

Edward Austen. Adam Norrie. 

Robert Colgate. George P. Pollen. 

William Colgate. Kobert Boorman. 

Kobert Sherwell. 

Annual Election^ last Monday in January. 



BROOKLYN WHITE LEAD COMPANY. 

ORGANIZED 1825. 

Works on Washington, Adams, Front, and Water sts., Brooklyn. 

Office, 160 Water st, New York. 

OFFICEKS. 

President^ David Leavitt. 

Secretary^ George S. Howland. Treasurer^ Fisher Howe. 

*^* Full information respecting tbis Company could not be obtained. 



UNION WHITE LEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 

ORGANIZED 1841. 
Capital, $100,000. Shares, 1,000. Par, $100. 

Works, Bridge st. cor. Front, Brooklyn. 
Office,, 17 5 Front st., New York. 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President, John Laidlaw. 
Secretary, Thomas Laidlaw. Sup't, James How. 

DIRECTORS. 

John C. Green. J. Winthrop Gray. 

John Laidlaw. Kobert Speir. 

Annual Election, 2d Tuesday in October. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 79 

GAS COMPANIES. 

BROOKLYN GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. 

CHARTERED 1825. 
Capital, $3,000,000. Shares, SO, 000, Par, $35. 

"Works, Mai-shall st., n. Hudson av. Office, 7 Court st. 

OFFICERS 1855. 

President^ RobepwT Nichols. 
Secretary^ Valentine T. Hall. 

DIRECTORS. 

Joseph K. Brick. James How. Jolin Schenck. 

William F. Bulkley. Robert Kichols. Cyms P. Smith. 

Peter C. Cornell. Henry Ruggles. Benj. F. WardwelL 

Dividends, January and July. Anmial Election in January. 

Price of Gas per hundred cubic feet, thirty-five cents, subject to a de- 
duction of five per cent if paid within five days after presentation of bUL 



GREENPOINT GAS-LIGHT C03IPANY. 

INCORPORATED 1853. 
• Capital, $40,000. Shares, 800. Par, $50. 

Works and office, Milton st. bet. Franklin and Washington. 

OFFICERS 1S55. 

President^ Smith Cleft. 
Secretary and Treasurer^ Josiah Carver. 

DIRECTORS. 

George F, Allen. Robert S. Howland. Robert M. Stratton. 

Horatio Allen. William Kent, Thomas Ward, M. D. 

William B. Brown. Marshall Lefferts. Charles M. Wolcott. 

Smith Cleft. Thomas B. Stillman. Fred. H. Wolcott 

Annual Election, 1st Saturday in December. 

Price of Gas, forty cents, cash, per hundred cubic feet. 



willia:>isburgh gas-light company. 

INCORPORATED 1850. 
Capital, $337,500. Shares, 6,750. Par, $50. 

Works, North 'Zth street, cor. Sixth. 
Office, Savings Bank Buildings, Fourth st. cor. South 3d. 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President^ Samuel Groves. 
Secretary^ Charles F. Blodget. 



80 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

DIRECTORS. 

Edwards W. Fiske. Thomas Price. 

Samuel Groves. Daniel T. Willets. 

B. H. Howell. Robert R. Willets. 

John K. Woolsey. 

Annual Election in June. 

Price of Gas, tliirty-five cents per hundred cubic feet, subject to a dis- 
count if paid within iive days after pi-esentation of bili 



PENNSYIiVANIA COAL COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED 1838. 
Capital, S3,150,000. Shares, 63,000, Par, %50. 

Dividends, Feb. and Aug. — An7ittal Flection in July. 

Office, 90 Broadway, New York. 

Depots, foot Gold st., and foot N. 9th, 10th, and 11th sts., E. District. 

OFFICERS 1S54-5. 

Presidejit^ John Ewen. 

Treasurer^ George A. Iloyt. Ass't Treas.^ E. Judson Hawley. 

Secretary., Edwin H. Mead. 

DIRECTORS. 

John Ewen. William F. Havemeyer. Charle? Morgan. 

William H. Falls. Irad Hawley. Isaac L. Piatt. 

William R. Griffith. George A. Hoyt. Moses Taylor. 

This Company brings to market the Pittston coal ; and to 
give the public an insight to the coal trade, we give a synopsis 
of the business of the Company, from the Annual Report made 
July, 1854. 

The number of tons of coal brought to market during the 
year 1853-4, amounted to 513,000; which yielded to the Com- 
pany a net profit of $353,000, equal to 11 1 per cent, on the 
Capital Stock. The Company expect soon to be able to supply 
coal to the extent of 800.000 tons annually. 

Annexed is a Table which exhibits the quantity in tons of 
anthracite coal sent to market from the dilFerent regions in 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



8L 



Pennsylvania, from the commencement of the trade, in 1820 to 
1854, inclusive, together with the annual increase : 



Tears. Schuylkill. Lehigh. 



Lacka- 
wana. 



1820 
1821 
1822 
1823 
1824 
1825 
1826 
1827 
1828 
1829 
1830 
1831 
1832 
1833 
1834 
1835 
1836 
1837 
1838 
1839 
1840 
1841 
1842 
1843 
1844 
1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 
1853 
1854 



6,500 

16,767 

31,360 

47,284 

79,973 

89,984 

81,854 

209,271 

252,971 

226,692 

339,508 

432,045 

623,152 

433,875 

442,608 

452,291 

684,692 

540,892 

677,295 

839,934 

1,083,796 

1,237,002 

1,583,374 

1,652,835 

1,605,126 

1,712,007 

2,184,240 

2,452,026 

2,470,943 

2,895,208 



365 

1,073 

2,240 

6,823 

9,541 

28,393 

31,280 

32,074 

30,232 

25,110 

41,750 

40,966 

70,000 

123,000 

106,244 

131,250 

148,211 

223,902 

213,615 

221,025 

225,318 

143,037 

272,546 

267,793 

377,002 

429,453 

523,002 

643,973 

680,746 

801,246 

722,622 

989,296 

1,114,026 

1,080,544 

1,246,418 



T)u+ot« ' Other I . . ' Annual 

Pittston. Ecgions-, Aggregate, increase. 



7,000 

43,000 

54,000 

84,600 

111,777 

43,700 

90,000 

103,861 

115,387 

78,207 

122,300 

148,470 

192,270 

205,253 

227,605 

251,005 

273,435 

320,000 

388,203 

437,500 

454,240 

432,339 

472,478 

497,839 

494,327 

438,406 



111,014 
316,017 
426,164 
512,659 
496,648 



11,930 

15,505 

21,463 

57,346 

68,000 

127,993 

188,401 

205,075 

299,302 

256,627 

303,736 

276,339 

415,099 

439,342 

556.018 

676,689 



365 
1,073 
2,240 

5,823 

9,541 

34,893 

48,047 

63,434 

77,516 

112,083 

174,734 

176,820 

363,871 

487,748 

376,636 

660,758 

684,117 

862,441 

725,697 

797,863 

841,584 

941,462 

1,076,037 

1,240,693 

1,595,934 

1,975,085 

2,285,079 

2,914,852 

3,027,708 

3,164,348 

3,254,321 

4,377,130 

4,929,397 

5,114,491 

5,753,369 



25,352 

13,154 

15,387 

14,082 

34,567 

62,651 

2,086 

187,051 

123,877 

decrease 

184,122 

123,359 

178,324 

decrease 

72,166 

43,721 

99,878 

134,575 

164,656 

355,241 

379,151 

309,994 

629,773 

112,856 

136,640 

89,973 

1,122,809 

552,267 

185,094 

638,878 







Av. Annual Delivery 


Av. Annual Increase 


Aggregate in 


each period of five years. 


for each period. 


each period over the 
preceding. 


1824 


19,042 


3,809 




1829 


335,973 


67,194 


12,677 


1834 


1,579,809 


815,961 


49,753 


1839 


3,630,876 


726,175 


82,042 


1844 


5,695,710 


1,139,142 


82,593 


1849 


13,367,072 


2,673,414 


806,854 


1854 


23,428,708 


4,685,741 


402,465 



82 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

OIL AND CANDLE COMPANIES. 
ATIiANTIC Olli COMPANY, 

INCORPORATED MAY, 1 853. 
Capital $120,000. Shares, 1,300. Par value, «^100. 

Works, Vandyke st., Red Hook Point. Office, 10 "Wall st., New York. 

OFFICEES 1S54-5. 

President, James Struthers. 
Treasurer and Secretary, J. M. Barrows. 

Annual Election in Hay. 



NEW YORK Olli MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED MARCH, 1851. 
Capital, $300,000. Shares, 3,000. Par, $100. 

Works, Red Hook Point, South Brooklyn. 
Office, 164 Front street, New York. 

OFFICERS 1855-6. 

President, James N. Wood. 
Treasurer arid Secretary, M. P. Robblns. 

DIRECTORS. 

J. B. Boorst. J. Brice Smith. 

E, R. Mason. George W. Westbrook. 

James N. Wood. 

Annual Election^ 2d Tuesday in March. 



ATLANTIC DOCK COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED JUNE, 1840. 
'capital, $1,000,000. Shares, 10,000. Par, 100. 

Offices, 2 North Pier, Dock, and 74 Broadway, New York. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 83 

OFFICERS 1855. 

President^ James S. T. Stranahan. 
Secretary^ John McCormick. 

DIRECTOPcS. 

H. Alexander, jr. George Curtis. J. S. T. Stranahan. 

George Beach. Charles Davis. George Taylor. 

John C. Beach. William H. Imlay. Asa Worthington. 

Annual Election, Sd Monday in January. 

This great work, facing Buttermilk Channel, extends from 
Hamilton Ferry to Red Hook Point, and comprehends about 
two miles in length of wharf accommodations, inclosing a Basin 
of forty acres water surface, of a depth sufficient for all classes 
of vessels. 



FERRY COMPANIES. 
UNION FEKRY COiflPANlT OF I3ROOKL.YN. 

INCORPORATED NOVEMBER, 1854. 
Capital, $800,000. Sliares, 8,000. Par, $100. 

Office, Fulton Ferry House, Brooklyn. 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President, Nathan B. Morse. 
Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph A. Perry. 

DIRECTORS. 

Abraham B. Baylis. Ezra Lewis. Cyrus P. Smith. 

Charles E. Bill. Abiel A. Low. J. tS. T. Stranahan. 

John Blunt. Nathan B, Morse. Charles J. Taylor. 

W. N. Degrauw. Joseph A. Perry. Garret G. Van "Wagener. 

Joseph Ketchum. Henry E. Pierrepont. H. R. Worthington. 

Annual Election in November. 

This is a new Corporation, taking the place of the Associa- 
tion known as the " Union Ferry Company," which existed from 
1851 to November, 1854. There were previously two Associated 
Companies : — The " New York & Brooklyn Union Ferry Com- 
pany," from 1839 to 1844, and the "Brooklyn Union Ferry 
Company," from 1844 to 1851. 

The present Company are proprietors of all the Ferries be- 
tween that part of the city of Brooklyn lying south of the Navy 
Yard, and the city of New York. They are the following : — 



84 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

GouvERNEUR STREET FERRY, from Bridge street to Grouver- 
neur street, N. Y. ; 2 boats from 5 A. M. to 1 P. M. Distance, 
530 yards. 

Roosevelt street ferry, from Bridge street to Roosevelt 
street, N. Y. ; two boats from 5 A. M. to 1 1 P. M. One boat 
only on Sunday. Distance^ 1450 yards. 

Catharine ferry, from Main street to Catharine street, 
N. Y. ; 2 boats from 5 A. M. to 12 midnight. Distmicey 740 
yards. 

Fulton ferry, from Fulton street to Fulton street, East 
river, N. Y. ; 4 boats continually from 4 A. M. to 9 P. M. ; and 
2 boats from 9 P. M. to 4 A. M., and the entire of each Sunday. 
Distance^ 730 yards. 

Wall street ferry, from Montague street to Wall street, 
N. Y. ; 2 boats from 5 A. M. to 1 1 P. M. One boat only on 
Sunday, i^isto^icc, 1 150 yards. 

South ferry, from Atlantic street to Whitehall street (Bat- 
tery), N. Y. ; 3 boats continually from 5 A. M. to 1 1 P. M. ; 
and 1 boat only from 11 P. M. to 5 A. BI. JDista?ice, 1475 
yards. 

Hamilton avenue ferry, from Hamilton avenue to White- 
hall street (Battery), N. Y. ; three boats from 4.30 A. M. to 12 
midnight. Dlstmice^ 1765 yards. 

Making a total of seven Ferries, with 18 steam boats in daily 
use, and 4 in reserve. The boats are large and commodious, 
averaging about 400 tons burthen each. 



WIIiHAMSBURGM FERRIT COTflPANT. 

INCOEPORATED 1849. 

Capital, $130,000. Shares, 1,300, Par, $100. 

Oflace, foot South Ith street, E. District. 
OFFICERS 1865-6. 

Tresident^ William Laytin. 
Secretary and Treasurer, B. M. Demill. 

DIRECTORS. 

Henry Grossman. William Laytin. 

B. M. Demill. A. D. Moore. 

John Englis. John A. Cross. 

Samuel Sncden. 

Annual Election in May, 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 85 

This Company own and conduct 3 ferries : The Grand street, 
Peck slip, and Division avenue. Seven boats are in daily use, 
and two kept in reserve. The following are the regulations of 
the several ferries : 

Grand street ferry, from foot Grand street, E. District, 
to foot Grand street, New York ; 2 boats daily from 5 A. M. to 
10 P. M. ; and 1 boat only from 10 P. M. to 5 A. M. JDis- 
tance^ j&ve-eighths of a mile. Average time of passage^ three and 
a half minutes. r 

Peck slip ferry, from foot South 7th street, E. District, to 
Peck slip. New York ; two boats daily (Sundays excepted) from 
4 to 5 A. M. ; three boats from 5 to 6 A. M. ; and 4 boats from 
6 A. M. to 10 P. M. One boat only from 10 P. M. to 4 A. M. 
in winter, and two in summer. On Sundays 2 boats only are 
employed. Distance^ two miles. Average time of passage^ ten 
minutes. 

Division avenue ferry, from foot South 7th street, E. Dis- 
trict, to foot Grand street, New York ; one boat daily from 4 
A. M. to 12 midnight. Distance, half a mile. Average time 
of passage^ two and a half minutes. 

Fa/re^ 3 cents on each ferry for foot passengers. 



HOUSTON STREET FEKRY ASSOCIATES. 

ESTABLISHED 1842. 
Office, foot Grand street, E. District. 

PROPRIETORS. 

Keuben Withers. James M. Waterbury. 

A. Winans. 

Treasurer^ Noah Waterbury. Agetit, G. C. Hawthorn. 

This ferry runs from foot Grand street, E. District, to foot 
Houston street, New York. Two boats are in daily use, and 
one kept in reserve. The following is the regulation of the 
ferry : 

Two boats run daily from 5 A. M. to 10 P. M. ; and 1 boat 
from 10 P. M. to 5 A. M. Distance from slip to slip, f mile. 
Average ti?ne of j^cissage, 3 minutes. Fare, 3 cents for adults, 
and 2 cents for children under 15 years of age. 



S6 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



GREENFOIIVT FERRY, 

ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1854. 

G. Lee Knapp, Proprietor. 

Office at the Ferry House, Greenpoint. 

This ferry runs from foot Greenpoint avenue, formerly L 
street, Greenpoint, to foot Tenth street, New York, Two boats 
are employed daily, leaving the slips every five minutes from 4 
A. M. to 1 1 P. M. Distance^ 1 mile. Average time^ 5 minutes. 
Fare, 3 cents for foot passengers. 



CAEVARY CEMETERY FERRY. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 

This ferry was established by the proprietors of the Calvary 
Cemetery for the accommodation of funeral corteges and visitors. 
It runs from the Cemetery landing on Newtown creek, to foot E. 
23d street. New York. 

One boat is employed daily from 8 A. M. to 2 P. M. ; and 
two boats from 2 P. M. until sundown. Distance^ 2f miles. 
Average time, 1 5 minutes. Fare, 4 cents for foot passengers. 



RAILROAD COMPANIES. 
BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED DEC. 17, 1853, 

UNDER THE GENERAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Capital, March, 1S55, $1,000,000. 

OFFICERS 1855. 

President, Henry N. Conklin. 

Secretary, Charles C. Betts. Treasurer, William H. Gary. 

Su2y^t., Montgomery Queen. Engineer, B. F. Crane. 

DIRECTORS. 

George L. Bennett. Fisher Howe. Henry C. Murphy. 

Thomas Brooks. George S. Howland. John Schenck. 

■William H. Gary. Thomas Hunt. Amos P. Stanton. 

Henry N, Conklin. Seymour L. Husted. Alex. Studwell. 

John Kellum. 

Annual Election, 2d Monday in January. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 87 



_ In 1853 the Corporate authorities of the city granted the 
privilege to certain persons and their associates to build and 
operate railroads through several of the principal streets and 
avenues. The preference being given to such bidders for the 
privilege as would carry passengers for the lowest price. The 
grantees of the several roads associated and incorporated them- 
selves under the general law of the State providing for such 
' cases, with their present title, and a Capital of $2,500,000 ; but 
had permission from the Legislature at the session of this year 
to reduce their capital to $1,000,000. ' 

The Company intend to lay the rails of most of the roads to 
the city line or beyond. Four were so far completed as to allow 
the running of Cars two or three miles of their length on the 
3d of July last. 

The following is an account of the City Railroads as they 
were on the 1st of April, showing the route of each road, the dis- 
tance they are completed, the number of cars on each, and the 
time allowed for the run. 

The Fulton street and Fulton avenue road is laid from Fulton 
ferry a double track through Fulton street and Fulton avenue 
to a distance of 3rVo miles ; time, 37 minutes up, and 33 down. 
17 Cars. Contemplated extension to city line, 2 miles further. 

The Greenpoint road is laid from Fulton street a double 
track through Sands street, single track through Navy street 
and Hudson avenue and Nassau street, double track through 
Flushing and Kent avenues, and First street to N. 12th (Bush- 
wick Creek), Eastern District; distance, S^/o- miles; distance 
from Fulton ferry 4/A miles; time, 47 minutes. 16 Cars. This 
road is to be continued through Greenpoint, and across Newtown 
Creek to Hunter's Point, the terminus of the Flushing Rail- 
road, IjW miles further. Rails are laid from Kent avenue 
through Flushing avenue, to Throop avenue y^o miles, and are to 
be extended to Division avenue, j\\ miles further. The Cars run 
on this branch are principally for transferring passengers to or 
from the Cars on the main road, one fare only being collected. 

The Myrtle avenue road is laid from Fulton street a dou- 
ble track through Myrtle avenue to Division avenue; dis- 
tance, 2tVo miles ; distance from Fulton ferry SyVo miles. Time, 
up 32 minutes, down 31 minutes. 16 Cars. This road is com- 
pleted its full length. 

The Greenwood road is laid from Fulton street a double 
track through Court, Church, and Ninth streets, and Third ave- 
nue and 36th street to new entrance to Greenwood Cemetery ; 
distance, 3rVd miles ; distance from Fulton ferry ijW miles! 



88 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Time, 44 minutes. 18 Cars. This road is to be continued from 
36th street a double track tlirough 3d avenue to 60th street 
(City line), 5^%% miles from Fulton ferry, and a single track 
from City line to Yellow Hook lane, /o^,r miles further. The 
Company now have 90 Cars, which number is to be increased by 
the addition of 30 in May next. A number of Cars are always 
kept in reserve for extraordinary occasions. 

The Company have other roads yet to build to complete their 
system : One from Hamilton avenue ferry, through Hamilton 
avenue and Church st. to Court ; one from Fulton ferry through 
Furman and Columbia sts., to Hamilton avenue ; one from Fulton 
street through Front street and Hudson avenue, to Sands street ; 
one from Fulton avenue through Flatbush avenue, to the City 
line or beyond. 

The City Kailroads are substantially built. The tracks are 
laid 4 feet 9 inches wide, and are furnished with the grooved 
rail. The Cars are of the newest style, and comfortably and 
tastefully furnished. Those of the several lines are differently 
colored to aid in quickly distinguishing the one desired to be 
taken. To each Car two persons are attached : one as Conductor 
to govern its movements and receive fares ; the other has charge 
of the propelling, which is principally by horses, ordinarily two 
to each car. Mules are being substituted as more economical 
and better adapted for the business than horses. 

Originally the fares were fixed at Foicr ce?its, except on the 
Greenpoint line, which was Five cents. Recently the Company 
were allowed to make it uniform on all the lines, Five cents, with 
the modification of charging only three cents for children (over 
three and under ten years of age), and all young persons going 
to or returning from school as pupils. 



L.ONG ISLAND RAII.ROAD COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED 1834. 

Office, South Ferry, Atlantic street. 

Capital, $3,000,000. Shares, 60,000. Par, $30. 

OFFICEES 1855-6. 

President^ William E. MorFwIS. 
Secretary and Treasurer ^ William S. S. Russell. 

DIRECTORS. 

Abraham B. Baylis. Charles Emory. Isaac E. Haviland. 

Coffin Colket. Alfred S. Fraser. Townsend Jones. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 



89 



Charles J. Lowrey. Wm. S, S. Russell. 

William E. Morris. Cliarles J. Smith. 

Clement A. Buckley. Geoi'ge L. Willard. 

Annual Election, Id Tuesday in April. 



Thomas G. Talmage. 
Henry W. Titus. 



The Road belonging to tliis Company extends from Jamaica, 
Queens County, to Greenport, Suffolk County, the east end of 
Long Island, a distance of 84 miles ; also a branch road extend- 
ing from the main track to the village of Hempstead, 2^ miles, 
making the length of the road owned by the Company 86^ miles, 
being a single track throughout, laid chiefly with an H iron 
rail, weighing 56 lbs. per yard. The main track, from Jamaica 
to Greenport. was completed in 1844. 

The Road extending from Brooklyn to Jamaica. 1 1 miles in 
length, was built and is owned by the Brooklyn and Jamaica 
Railroad Co., and is leased to the L. I. R. R. Co. till 1870. 
This 1 1 miles added to the SO-i above, makes 97| miles of road 
operated by this Company. 

During the year ending March 31st, 1854, there were 311,100 
passengers carried on the road, being an increase of 25,000 over 
the previous year. Of these nearly 25,000 were commuters, 
and 46,000 way passengers. 

The following table exhibits the receipts for five years : — 



YEAR. 


1849. 


1850. 


1851. 


1852. 


1853. 




Ending 1st 
April, 1850. 


Ending 1st 
April, 1851. 


Ending 1st 
April, 1852. 


Ending 1st 
April, 1853. 


Ending Ist 
April, 1854. 


Passenger Fare, . . 

Freight 

Unloading Freight, 
Mails, 


$110,901 78 
45,770 S6 

5,303 75 
1,467 45 


$126,666 07 
52,899 17 

4,329 00 
637 55 


$134,564 59 
53,550 05 

4,329 GO 


$150,139 32 
63,097 91 

4,329 00 


$168,520 S7 

72,533 15 

989 09 

6,567 93 


Express, 


Increase, per annu 


$163,443 84 
n 


$184,532 69 
$21,088 85 


$192,443 64 
7,910 95 


$217,566 23 
$25,122 59 

9 


$247,611 04 
$30,044 81 





BROOKL.YN AND JAMAICA RAIILROAD COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED JUNE, 1832. 
Capital, $300,000. Shares, 6,000. Par, $50. 

Office, 57 Merchants' Exchange, "Wall st., New York. 
Dividends, February and August. 



90 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

OFFIOEES 1854-5, 

President, John A. King. 
Treasurer, Robert Ray. Sec, H. J. Southmayd. 

The Road of this Company was built in 1832, and extends 
from the South Ferry, Atlantic St., to Jamaica, Queens County, 
11 miles in length, double track, and cost $440,000. It is 
rented till 1870, the full term of its incorporation, to the Long 
Island Railroad Co. at an annual rental of 1 1 per cent on the 
entire income of both roads, which in 1853-4 amounted to over 
8 per cent, on its outstanding capital, $284,850. 



PLANK ROADS. 

BROOKLYN, GREENWOOD, AND BATII PL.ANK ROAD 

COMPANY. 

INCORPORATED MARCH, 1852. 

Capital, $12,000. Shares, 340. Par, $50. 

PAID IN AND EXPENDED, $9,750. 
OflSce, 3d Avenue, bet. 33d and 34th streets. 

OFFICEPvS 1S55-6. 

President and Treasurer, Garret G. Bergen. 
Secretary, J. V. B. Martense. 

# 

DIRECTORS. 

Garret G. Bergen. J. V. B. Martense. John Van Pelt 

John Cowenhoven. Andrus Monfort. Jacobus J. Voorhees. 

John A. Emmans. Joseph M. Partridge. Moses Wanser. 

AnnxioX Election, \&t Monday in February. 

This Road is 4 miles in length, commencing at the junction 
of 36th street, Fourth avenue, and Martense's Lane, or at the 
Visitors' entrance of the Greenwood Cemetery, and terminates at 
the Bath House in the town of New Utrecht. It shortens the 
route between Brooklyn and Bath about 1 mile. The Roadway 
is laid out 60 feet wide, with a single planked track 9 feet wide. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 91 



MYRTLE AVENUE AND JAMAICA PI.ANK ROAD COMPANY. 

INCOEPORATED FEB., 1853. 

Original capital, $25,000. Increased to $55,000. Shares, 2,200. 

Par value, $25. 

PAID IN AND EXPENDED, $38,167. 

Office of the Company, No. 341 Fulton street, 

OFFICEKS 1855. 

President^ William Coit. 
Treasyrer^ John Debevoise. Secretary^ William J. Cogswell. 

DIRECTORS. 

William J. Cogswell. John Debevoise. Samuel E. Johnson. 

William Coit. Seymour L. Husted. John C. Stoothoff. 

John A. Cross. Earnet Johnson. Joseph Tompkins. 

Annual Election, \st Monday in December. 

This Road is 5| miles in length, extending easterly from Divi- 
sion avenue, opposite the termination of Myrtle avenue, to Ja- 
maica and Brooklyn Plank Road, uniting with the same near the 
residence of Eldert Bergen, Esq., about 1 mile west of Jamaica 
village. It was formally opened for travel on the 1st of 
June, 1854. 

The Roadway is laid out a width of 70 feet, with two planked 
tracks, each 9 feet wide, and a centre earth grade track of the 
same width. 

The distance from the City Hall, Brooklyn, to Jamaica via 
this road, is 9^ miles, shortening the distance formerly travelled 
about ig- miles. 



BUILDING AND LAND ASSOCIATIONS. 
ATLANTIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1852. 
Meet at 128 Atlantic street, 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in each month. 

OFFICERS 1S55. 

President^ George Curtis. 
Vice President^ Walter Kelsey. Secretary ^ T. Ingraham Jones. 



92 . BROOKLYN CITY AND 



TRUSTEES. 

Nostrand Bennit. S. D. Lewis. R V. R. Schuyler. 

Gerald H. Dwenger. Henry Phillip. B. Stephens. 

Charles Kelsey, jr. John Phillip, Robert Varick. 

Ultimate value of shares, $800.— Value Jan., 1855, $314 23. 
Annual Mection, od Ifonday in January. 



BROOKLYN ACCUMULATING FUND ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED JUNE, 1846. 
Meet at 9 Court street. Room lY, 2d Thursday in each month. 

OFFICEES 1854-5. 

Tre&iclent^ Stephen Crowell. 
Secretary^ John D. Lawrence. 

*^*Tljis xVsisociation is about closing, having nccumulated a Fund 
nearly equal to the Par Value of the remaining unredeemed shares. 



BROOKIiYN MECHANICS' BUILDING AND MUTUAL LOAN 
ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED FEB., 1852. 

Meet at 142 Atlantic street, 2d Wednesday in each month. 

OFFICERS 1855-6. 

Preside?it, Joseph H. Shepard. 
Vice President^ John Dixon. Secretary^ J. S. Denmo,n. 

TRUSTEES. 

William Arthur. D. A. Goodyear. diaries Pni-sons. 

James Bennett. Patrick Monaghan. Alex. W. Thompson. 

AttornieSf Barnard & Parsons. 

Ultimate value of shares, $500.— Value April, 1855, $204 62. 

Annual Section, 2d Wednesday in April. 



CITY BUILBING ASSOCIATION OF AVILLIAMSBURGII. 

ORGANIZED MARCH, 1852. 
Meet at 111 Fourth street, E. District, 3d Tuesday in each month. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 93 



OFFICEES 1855. 

JPresident^ William H. Butler. 
Vice President, Washington L. Gilroj. Sec. Wm. L. Haskins. 
Ultimate value of shares, $800.— Value at last report, $216 49. 
Dues, $3 per month. 



COLiUIttBIA BTJIIiDING ASSOCIATIOIV. 

ORGANIZED FEB., 1852. 
Meet at 142 Atlantic street, 2d Tuesday in each month. 

OFFICEES 1855-6. 

President^ Daniel P. Barnard. 
Yke President, Henry Jones. Secretary, J. S. Denman. 

TRUSTEES. 

J. B. Bennett. H. H. Jones. J. Shann. 

D.Dieckmano. John F. Pupke. Henry "Warner. 

Attorney, George W. Parsons. 

Ultimate value of shares, $500.— Value April, 1855, $220 80. 

Annual Election, 2d Tuesday in April. 



EAST BROOKLTN ACCUIfIUl.ATING FUND ASSOCIATIOIV. 

ORGANIZED JAN., 1850. 
Meet at Temperance Hall, E. Brooklyn, 4th Monday in each month. 

OFFICEES 1S55. 

President, William A. Cobb. 
Vice President, Frederick Sclioles. Sec. Samuel C. Barnes. 

DIRECTORS. 

George Blatchford. James W. Clark. Job Johnson. 

Thomas Burroughs. John Hegeman. John M. Phelps. 

Ultimate value of shares, $600. 

Annual Election, 4th Monday in January. 

%*This Association is paying $25 per share over the amount of dues 
paid m, to all who wish to cancel their shares. 



94 ' BROOKLYN CITY AND 

FRANIiLIlV BUII.I>ING AND SAVINGS FUND ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED SEPT., 1850. 
Meet at 8 Tillarj street, 2d Monday in each month, 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President^ John F. Solomon. 
Vice President^ Richard J. Kicliards. Sec.^ John F. Hennessy. 

directors. 

Abia C. Entriken. Jeremiah Mimdell. John J, Walton. 

Thomas F. Leslie. Charles E. Noble. Ezra Young. 

Ultimate value of shares, $600.— Value Sept., 1854, $318 74. 

An7itial Election, 2d Monday in September. 



HAMILTON BUIL.DING ASSOCIATION^ 

ORGANIZED OCT., 1851. 

Meet at 8 Tillary street, 4th Thursday in each month. 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President^ Jeremiah Mundell. 
Vice President^ Richard J. Richards. Sec.^ Thomas F. Leslie. 

DIRECTORS. 

Nathaniel Bonnell. E. H. C. Dohrman. John J. "Walton. 

Samuel Broweiv Timothy A. Wade. Francis Weeks. 

Ultimate value of shares, $600.— Value Sept., 1854, $276 43. 

Annual Election, 4th TJiursday in September. 



LEXINGTON BUILDING AND ACCUMULATING FUND ASSO- 

CIATION. 

ORGANIZED APRIL, 1852. 

Meet at Granada Hall, 3d Thursday m each month. 

OFFICERS 1856-6. 

President^ Edwin Swanton. 
Vice p7'es.j John Young. Sec, Isaac Badeau. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 95 



TRUSTEES. 

Jacob Cook. Pardon W. Kenyon. Francis D. Mason, 

James B. Bennett. Horace E. Ivetehum. Henry Warner. 

Surveyor, Ezra F. Hyde. Attornies, Barnard and Parsons 

Ultimate value of Shares, S^OO.— Value April 1864, ^191 40. 

Annual Election, Zd Thursday in April. - 

liONG ISLAND ACCUMUI.ATING FUND ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER, 1847. 
Meet at 9 Court street, Room 17, 3d Wednesday in each month. 
OFFICEES FOE 1854-5. • 

President, Gabriel Franchere. 
Vice Pres., James Bennett. Sec, Samuel C. Barnes. 

directors. 
Bernard Campbell. Michael Dunn. John Mulligan 

Owen Cavanagh. Joseph Frost. Edward L. White. 

Attorney, Daniel P. Barnard. 

Ultimate value of Shares, $600. 

Annual Election, Zd Wednesday in November. 



MAGNOLIA LAND AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1850. 

OFFICEES FOE 1854-5. 

President, Lawrence Powers. 
Secretary, Henry W. Earn. Treasurer, Chas. H. Dibble. 

trustees. 
Jolin Bradford. G. B. Dupuy. Peter Reid. 

permanent trustees. 
James Chatham. G. B. Dupuy. Peter Reid. 

♦«* Full information relative to this Association could not be obtained. 



96 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

NASSAU BUIL.DIXG AND ACCUMUI.ATING FUND ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED JUNE, 1851. 
Meet at 9 Court street, 4th Tuesday in each month. 

OFFICERS FOR 1854-5. 

President^ John I). Lawrence. 
Vice Pres.^ Edwiu Beers. Secretary^ Steplien Crowell. 

DIRECTOllS. 

Ezra Baldwin. Elias H. Day. 

• George W. Bergen. Claudian Gr. Morse 
George AVlnttington. 

AUornieSj Barnard and Parsons. 

Ultimate value of Shares, $600.— Value, June 1851, $248 25. 

Annual Election, 4th Ttiesday in June. 



SECOND SOUTH WIIililAMSBURGH VIIiliAGE ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED OCT. 1853. 
Meet at 187 Bowery, N. Y., every Tuesday evening. 

OFFICERS FOR 1854-5. 

President, John "Wilson. 

Vice President, B. W. Wilson. 

Rec. Sec. J Chas. Young. Fin. Sec, Wm. M. Thompson. 

Treasurer, David S. Holmes. 

TRUSTEES. 

Alpheus Banning. John Scott. 

Isaac C. Taylor. L. D. Tice. 

M. A. Wilkes. 
There are 500 shares in this Association, each share con- 
sisting of one lot, valued at $150, in the plot of the " Village," 
which is in Queens Co., on the Cypress Hills plank road, and near 
the north-eastern entrance to the Cemetery of the Evergreens. 

Anrnial Election in August. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 97 

SOUTH BROOKL.YN BUIIiDING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED MARCH, 1850. 
Meet at 9 Court street, Room 17, 2d Tuesday in each month. 

OFFICEES FOE 1854-5. 

President^ Gabriel Franchere. 
Secretary^ Walter Bridge. 

♦:^* Full information of this Association could not be obtained. 



SUN BUILDING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1852. 

Meet at 9 Court street, Room 17, 1st Monday in each month. 

OFFICEES FOE 1S54-5. 

Fresideyit^ Nathan Lane. 
Secretary^ Walter Bridge. 

*i* Full information concerning this Association could not be obtained. 



UNION BUIIiDING AND MUTUAI^ LOAN ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 

Meet at Union Hall, Court street. 

OFFICEES FOE 1854-5. 

President^ James E. Sguthworth. 
Secretary^ Lindsey J. Wells. 

trustees. 

James Ashfield. William Everitt, Ephraim B. Shaw. 

John Barter. Charles Granger. James E. Southworth. 

Samuel Cocks. George Remsen. Lester Wilcox. 



Attorney^ Albert B. Capwell. 



*** By mutual arrangement with the Members of this Association, the Trustees have 
determined to close it, and divide among the holders of unredeemed shares, a pro-rata 
dividend of the assets of the Association as fast as its securities are liquidated. First divi- 
dend paid $21 per share. L. J. Wells, Secretary, 
5 



98 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

UNITED FREEMEN'S L.AND ASSOCIATION, No. 3. 

Meet at City Hotel, 1st Tuesdny in each month, 

OFFICERS. 

President^ John A. Lawrence. 
Vice President^ Romeo Friganza. 

Rec. Sec. J Jolin M. Harrington. Fin. Sec, "William Mackey. 

TRUSTEES. 

Charles S. Frost. J. W. Higgins. 

Hezekiah Russell. 

DIRECTORS. 

James Boyd. Valentine Boyd. Charles Foster. 
Aury Snediker. John Stoothoff. 

Attorney, Clarence D. Sackett. 

Officers elected semi-annually, at a regular meeting. 

The land of this Association is in the village of South 
Greenfield, L. I. 



WASHINGTON BUILDING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED JUNE, 1853. 

Meet at 9 Court street. Room 17, 3d Tuesday in each month. 

OFFICERS FOE 1854-5. 

President, Gabriel Franchere. 
Secretary, Walter Bridge. 

*#* Full information respecting this Association could not be obtained. 



WILIilAMSBURGH MUTUAL, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1849. 
Meet at 104 Grand street, 3d Monday in each month. 

OFFICERS FOR 1854-5. 

President, Peter Shute. 
VicePres.^ George B. Magrath. Sec.^ "William Meekes. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 99 



DIRECTORS. 
FOR THREE TEARS. FOR TWO YEARS. FOR ONE YEAR. 

John K. Git tens. Ezra Rodgers. "William E. Bailej. 

John G. Gunn. Andrew H. Griswold. William H. S. Werry. 

The Board of Directors consists of the President and Vice 
President, who hold office permanently, and six Directors, two 
of whom are elected annually in August. 

The ultimate value of shares is $300, the whole amount of 
which is loaned to shareholders. The value of shares in August, 
1854, was $95 75. 



WINDSOR TERRACE LAND ASSOCIATION. 

Meet at City Hotel, 3d JVIonday in each month. 

OFFICERS FOE 1854-5. 

President, Hezekiah Russell. 

Vice Fresident, Aaron L. West. 

Rec. Sec, John M. Harrington. Fin. Sec, William McBride. 



LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 
THE BROOKLYN ATHEN^UM AND READING ROOM. 

INCORPORATED 1852. 
OFFICERS FOR 1855. 

President, Chandler Starr. 

Treasurer, Ira Smith. 

Cor. Sec, Ed. A. Lambert. Fee Sec, A. Cooke Hull. 

trustees. 

David B. Baylis. Gassaway B. Laraar. Ira Smith. 

Daniel Chauneey. Edward A. Lambert. Chandler Starr, 

"Wm. S. Herriman. James Van Nostrand. J. S. T. Stranahan. 

A. Cooke Hull. John Schenck. Thomas Sullivan. 

George A. Jarvis. Samuel Sloan. John N. Taylor. 

Librarian, Ethan Allen Doty. 

The Brooklyn Athen^um and Reading Room is the re- 
sult of a public meeting of the young men of Brooklyn, held oa 

. L.of C. 



100 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

the evening of the 31st of January, 1852, for the purpose of 
establishing and maintaining a reading room, library, museum, 
literary and scientific lectures, and other means of promoting 
moral and intellectual improvement. It was apparent that an 
institution of the character contemplated, where young men 
might assemble for instruction and find the means of innocent 
relaxation from the busy pursuits of work-day life, was demand- 
ed in the locality of South Brooklyn. 

Measures were immediately taken to incorporate the Insti- 
tution under the general Act applicable, and to raise by sub- 
scription, funds to carry out its object. This was so promptly 
and liberally responded to, that the Trustees were enabled to pur- 
chase the site and erect the handsome and commodious edifice on 
the corner of Atlantic and Clinton streets, and which was for- 
mally opened on the 19th of April, 1853, fourteen and a half 
months after the initiatory movement. Since then the Athe- 
naeum has moved onward on a full tide from experiment to 
success. 

The Library contains over 3,000 volumes. The number will 
be gradually increased, and its popularity augmented. 

There are at present about 400 readers. Daily, Weekly, and 
Monthly Periodicals are taken from all parts of our Country, 
and to these are added the leading European Journals. 

The citizen or stranger cannot spend an hour more pleas- 
antly than in inspecting this Institution, which forms one of the 
proudest ornaments of our City. The rooms are open daily, 
Sundays excepted, from 8 A. M. till 10 P. M. 

Terms of privilege to Library and Reading Room, $1 initia- 
ation fee, and $2 for six months, or $3 a year thereafter. 

The payment of $50 at one time will entitle the payer to the 
privileges perpetually, and the payment of Si 00 will entitle the 
payer and the family of whom the person may be the head, to all 
the privileges perpetually. The rights acquired in the last two 
cases are transferable. 

Capital of the Institution, $60,000. Shares, 2,400. Par, $25. 
A dividend of 8 per cent, per annum only can be declared out 
of the profits, the remainder being devoted to the improvement 
of the Institution. Annual Meeting of the Association, 2d 
Tuesday, and annual election, 3d Tuesday in January. 



BROOKLYN INSTITUTE AND YOUTHS' FREE LIBRARY. 

184 "Washington street, near Concord. 

ESTABLISHED 1823. CHARTERED 1824. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 101 



OFFICERS FOR 1S55. 

Fresidcnt^ Rollin Sanford. 

Yice President^ Peter Gr. Taylor. Treas.^ Gerrit Smith. 

Secretary^ John W. Pray. 



DIRECTORS. 



Chester Coleman. "William M. Ingraham, Sam'l Loiinsbury. 

John T. Conklin. Ambrose A. Lane. Austin Melvin. 

Oliver Hull. Elias Lewis, jr. Thomas Woodward. 

TRUSTEES 

Of the Real Estate and Trust Fund of the Institute. 

Arthur W. Benson. Robert Nichols. 

Charles Congdon. Rollin Sanford. 

Gerrit Smith. 

TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO. 

Mayor of the City. President of the Brooklyn Savings Bank.. 

This was formerly the " Apprentices' Library " and changed 
to its present name in 1840, with an amended charter. It was 
endowed in 1 852 by Augustus Graham, Esq. 

The Library is open for Boys every Monday and Saturday 
from 2 to 7.30 P. M., and every Tuesday and Fridav from 5 to 
7.30 P. M. ^ 

Open for Females every Thursday from 2 to 5 P. M. 

Open to Members of the Institution all of the above days. 

An Annual Course of Lectures is given under the direction 
of the Lecture Committee. 

The Directors are in session every Saturday evening. The 
Annual election takes place the second Monday of January. 

*^* For a more extended account, see " History of the Brooklyn Insti- 
tute," published by the Directors. 



HAMILTON lilTERARY ASSOCIATION. 

FOUNDED 1830. 

Meet at Brooklyn Athenaeum every Monday evening from 1st September 

to 1st May. 

President, James D. Clark. 

Vice President, Lewis B. Reed. 

Secretary, George Heydecker. Treasurer^ Henry E. Schackerly. 



102 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

COMMITTEE ON CRITICISM. 

George N. Cleaveland. Edgar M. Smith. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

■William B. Ackley. Alden J. Spooner. 

William Backus. James Thorne, jr. 

Joshua M. Van Cott. 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 

Howard C. Cady. Rodman B. Dawson. George "Wright. 

The object of this Association is the moral and intellectual 
improvement of its members by means of Debates, Original Com- 
positions, Lectures, &c. 

To become a member the Candidate must be at least seven- 
teen years of age, and pay an initiation fee of three dollars, and 
for each term (of four months) of his connection with the Associ- 
ation, he shall pay the sum of two dollars. 

Honorary members, who are not required to pay initiation or 
other fees, are also received into the Association. 

OflBcers are elected for each term of four months of the 
session. 



FRANKLIN DEBATING ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1852. 

Meet at the Academic Rooms (Marble Buildings), Cor. Court and Jorale- 
mon sts. (entrance in Joralemon), Tuesday evenings. 

The object of this Association is the mental improvement of 
its Members by Deba'tes, Recitations, Essays, Extracts, etc. 

Its Officers are elected quarterly, at a regular meeting. 

Candidates for Membership must be at least fifteen years of 
age, and upon being received into the Association, shall pay an 
initiation fee of fifty cents, and five cents per week thereafter. 

Honorary Members are also received into the Association, 
but they are allowed only the privileges of the literary exer- 
cises. 

The following gentlemen were the founders of the Associa- 
tion : — Messrs. Isaac Nichols, Samuel Seabury, William Ben- 
ram, Wilbur Gilbert, James L. Little, William Nichols, and 
William M. Little. It now numbers about 36 members. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 103 

ST. CHARLES INSTITUTE. 

ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER, 1854. 
Meet at City Academy, cor. Court and Joralemon sts., every "Wednesday. 

OFFICEKS 1854-5. 

Prendent^ Thomas D. Hugo. 

Yice Tresident^ D. Mahoney. 

Rec. Sec, Wm. Ahern. Cor. Sec, E. T. Young. 

Sergeant at Arms, J. McLaughlin. 

Annual Election in November. 

Established for the intellectual improvement of its Members 
by means of Debates, Discussions, Essays, etc. Courses of Lec- 
tures are given before the Society and the Public. 

The proceeds of the Lectures are devoted to benevolent pur- 
poses. 

YOUNG MEN'S LITERARY ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1854. 

Meet at Savings Bank Building, Fourth st, cor. South 3d., E. District, 
every Wednesday evening. 

OFFICEES 1855. 

. President, Joseph L. Marshall. 
Vice President, Theodore F. Jackson. 
Treasurer^ John F. Duncan. Secretary, James W. Smith. 

DIRECTORS. 

J. E. Berry. Edwin M. Daniels. L. L. Jones. 

Wm. H. Crocker. Sam. B. Higenbotam. John G. Marshall. 

The object of the Young Men's Literary Association, is 
the improvement of its Members in their moral, intellectual, and 
social condition, by the means of Debates, Lectures, etc. 

The Library of the Association is but a germ as yet of what 
may be expected. The number of volumes will be gradually 
increased, and its popularity augmented. 

To become a Member it is requisite that the candidate be of 
a good moral character, at least seventeen years of age, and pay 



104 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

an initiation fee of $2. The regular dues of the Association are 
$4 per annum, payable semi-annually in advance. 

Officers are elected at the first regular meeting in January. 



ECCIiESTON LITERARY ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1854. 

Public Literary Exercises every Monday evening, at the Lecture Room of 
Sts. Peter and Paul's Church. 

OFFICERS 1S55. 

President^ exofficio^ 

The Pastor of Sts. Peter, and Paul's Church. 

\st Vice Fresident^ James J. Rogers. 

2^ " " James Langan, jr. 

Rec. Secretary^ John Gallagher. " 

Cor. Sec.^ Valentine Brown. Tr easier er^ Michael Cavenay. 

Editor^ John H. Murphy. 

Assistant Editor^ Hugh P. Rogers. 



CHRISTIAN LITERARY AND BENEFIT SOCIETIES. 
BROOKLYN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED SEPT., 1853. 

Rooms, AVashington Building, Court st, cor. Joralemon, entrance, 

22 Court. 

OFFICERS AND MANAGERS 1S54-5. 

President y Andrew A. Smith. 
Vice Presidents^ 
Yv^illiam Backus. John A. Nexsen. 

William A. Gellatly. Samuel M. Parsons. 
James McGee. Robert S. Slocum. 

Cor. Sec, Fred. Smith. Rec. Sec., Jos. M. Pray. 

Treasurer, John S. Carr. 

Register, James Ridgway. Librarian, James P. Root. 

Assistant Librarian, John Lonsr. 



KINGS COUNTY RECOED. 105 

MANAGERS. 

Baptist. — Thomas B. Atkins, John F. Davis, J. L. De Graw, 
H. S. Deshon, John D. W. Grady, Wm. M. Price. 

Congregational. — Benj. V. Abbott, George A. Bell, Geo. 
W". Bowers, Fred. A. Lane, Chas. H. Parsons, Jas. H. Storrs. 

Episcopal. — S. M. Giddings, Geo. Taylor, J. T. Young. 

Methodist. — Wm. Edsall, John E. Hanford, S. IT. F. 
Odell, Sam. J. Stopford, Kobert M. Whiting. 

Presbyterian. — C. F. Hayes, William W. Nearing, J. E. 
Read, A. L. Van Buren, Stephen H. Wheeler. 

Reformed Dutch. — Henry J. Brandegee, Wm. D. Miller, 
Peter J. Ten Eyck, Peter Van Saun, Stephen B. Young. 

This Society originated in the desire of thoughtful men to 
combine the Christian influence, and stimulate the piety of the 
young men of the city and vicinity, and promote the growth of 
evangelical religion among us. To effect this object, the origi- 
nators thought it advisable to form themselves into an Associa- 
tion, to unite their means and influence. The Society has 
increased in popularity and usefulness, and now numbers among 
its members some of the best young men of the city, connected 
with the principal evangelical denominations of Christians. The 
principal means used for improving the spiritual, intellectual, 
and social condition of themselves and others, are. Devotional 
Meetings, diffusion of Christian Literature, Lectures, Essays, 
Discussions, Classes for Instruction, etc. 

Persons under forty years of age, in good standing in an 
Evangelical Church, are eligible to an Active Membership, and 
when over that age, and in the same standing, are eligible as 
Counselling Members, but any man of good moral character may 
become an Associate Member. The annual payment of two 
dollars entitles a member to all the privileges of the Asso- 
ciation. 

The Association meets at its rooms on the second Tuesday 
evening of each month, and annually on the third Tuesday 
evening of October. The Reading Room is open, free to all, 
from 4 to 10 P. M., daily, except Sundays. 

The first Anniversary Meeting of the Association was held 
in the Plymouth Church, on Thursday evening, Nov. 2d, 1854. 



106 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



willia:>isburgh young men'S christian association. 

ORGANIZED 1854. 

Established for the purpose of social, intellectual, moral, and 
religious improvement, by means of a Library and Reading 
Room, also Lectures, Addresses, Essays, Discussions, Devotional 
Meetings, etc. 

Library and Reading Rooms, Savings Bank Building, Fourth street, cor. 

South od, E. District. 

OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President^ John Truslow. 

Vice Vresidents^ Dr. Lloyd Slade, H. W. Banks, 

Cor. Sec, John E. Rhees. JR.ec. Sec, G. P. Payson. 

Treasurer, Wm. Gr. McCutchen. 

Librai'ian, D. R. James. 

Fresident of Board of Managers, W. Ferris. 

Secretary of the Board, Gr. P. Payson. 

The Association consists of four classes of Members ; Active, 
Counselling, Associate and Honorary. To become an Active 
member, the candidate must be under forty years of age, and a 
member in good standing of an Evangelical Church : this class 
only holds office. Counselling members are such as have been 
active members, but by reason of age have become ineligible to 
office. Active and Counselling members only, are entitled to a 
vote. Any man of good moral character may become an Asso- 
ciate member. Honorary members may be elected by the 
Association. Honorary and Associate members are entitled to 
all the privileges of the Association except voting and holding 
office. Active and Associate members upon being voted in the 
Association, are required to pay one dollar semi-annually in 
advance. An Associate member may become a Life member by 
the payment of $20 at one time. 

Regular Meetings of the Association are held on the first 
Thursday of each month. The one held in April is the Annual 
Meeting, at which time Officers are elected for the ensuing year. 

The Library and Reading Rooms are open every evening, 
Sundays excepted. The best religious and literary newspapers, 
and the standard reviews and magazines of this country and 
Great Britain are regularly received. Citizens and strangers 
will be cordially welcomed. 



^ KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 107 

YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1853. 

Meet at the Presbyterian Church, cor. South 3d and Fifth streets, Eastern 
District, 2d and 4th Wednesdays of each month. 

OFFICERS FOE 1855. 

President, Edward A. Collier. 
Vice Pres.^ James A. Trussell. Rec. Sec., John B. Thomas. 

Co?: Sec, Charles Strong. 
Treasure?', Henry S. Burger. Librarian, Ellis B. Thomas. 

This Association is composed chiefly of young men con- 
nected with the South 3d street Presbyterian Church (E. Dis- 
trict). Its object is the moral, intellectual, and social improve- 
ment of its members by means of Debates, Lectures, Essays, Be- 
views, &c. Also by social study of the Scriptures, a Library, 
and Contributions for benevolent purposes. The Library con- 
tains upwards of 350 volumes of standard works, which will be 
gradually increased. 

The requisites necessary to become an Active member of this 
Association are, that the candidate be a member of the Bible 
Class, and under forty years of age. Any person of good moral 
character under forty years of age, may become an Associate 
member after having been proposed at a previous meeting and a 
majority of votes cast in his favor. Initiation fee, 50 cents. 
Monthly dues, 12^ cents. 

The Annual election is held on the 2d Wednesday evening 
in December. 



BROTHERHOOD OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. CHURCH 

OF BROOIiXYN. 

ORGANIZED 1852. RE-ORGANIZED 1854. 
OFFICERS 1854-5. 

President, Bailey J. Hathaway. 

IstVice Pres., Ferd. Walker. 2c? Vice Pres., W. W. RusselL 

Treasurer, Thomas K. Lees. 

Cor. Secretary, Lewis Morris. Rec. Sec, Charles S. Stone. 



108 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



TRUSTEES. 

Charles H. Birney. John Hamlett. L. R. Chcsbrough. 

J. R. Brockelman. Sauiuel B. Caldwell. John W. Moore. 

J. Manley Halsey. C. M. Livingston. H. A. Spafard. 

This Association was originally known as the *• Protestant 
Mutual Benefit Society of Brooklyn." At a general convention 
of societies of this class in New. York, in June, 1853, it was 
agreed that a uniform style of name should be adopted for all, 
adding to the general title, the locality of each. In accord- 
ance therewith, the P. E. M. B. S. of Brooklyn was re-organ- 
ized April, 1854. 

The objects of the society are, " The mutual care and relief 
of its members in time of sickness or accident ; the burial of its 
deceased ; the succor of their widows and orphans, and the pro- 
motion of Christian fellowship and love ; — and, also, to aid dis- 
tressed members of the Church generally." 

Persons eligible to a membership of the " Brotherhood " are 
Clergymen of the P. E. Church, in good standing, able to attend 
to the duties of his office ; and laymen over 1 8 years of age, capa- 
ble of acquiring a livelihood, members of, and in good standing 
in the Church. All members are required to reside in the city. 

The initiation fee is three dollars if the person be under 
55 years of age, and five dollars if 55 years or over. Monthly 
dues are seventy-five cents. The stated meetings of the Society 
are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the City Academy, 
corner Court and Joralemon streets. 



THE liAW lilBRARY IN BROOKLYN. 

Room 8, Second Floor, City Hall. 
FOUNDED JAK, 1850. 

OFFICEES 1855. 

Chairma7i, Alonzo Gt. Hammond. 
Treasurer^ John P. Bolfe. Secretary^ James L. Campbell. 

TRUSTEES. 

Daniel P. Barnard. Henry Hagner. 

James L. Campbell.- Alonzo Gr. Hammond. 

John Greenwood. Nathan B. Morse. 

John P. Bolfe. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 109 

LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 

Daniel P. Barnard. Philip S. Crooke. Henry Hagner. 
Annual Election, 1st Tuesday of January. 

The initiatory step for the establishment of this Library was 
a subscription of $1,850 by 24 practitioners at law, residents of 
Kings County, who associated and incorporated themselves 
January 8th, 1850, under the law of Uie State providing for the 
establishment of Libraries by associations of persons, passed 
April 1st, 1796. The Library consists principally of Law Re 
ports; the number of volumes on the 8th of March was 215, to 
which additions are constantly being'made. 

Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees are held quar- 
terly on the 1st Tuesday of April, July, October, and January. 
New members may be admitted by the Board at any legal 
meeting. Each member is entitled to one share in the library 
for every sum of Fifty Dollars paid by him. Every member 
(except Honorary) is required to pay an annual charge of Ten 
Dollars, payable semi-annually. 

Honorary members may be elected by the Trustees, with the 
privileges and subject to the same regulations as other members, 
except annual charges. 

Persons not shareholders may have the use of the Library 
on the payment of Ten Dollars a year, semi-annually in advance. 

It is provided that the members of the Association, strangers 
introduced by members, Judges of Courts of Record, the Mayor, 
City Clerk, Street Commissioner, Comptroller, and the members 
of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, may have the 
use of the books in the Library at all times when it shall be 
open. 

TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. 

FOUNDED FEB., 1855. 

President., Abraham B. Clark. 
Vice Presideniy H. D. Woodworth. Sec. and Treas.^ P. Rouget. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Josiah Reeve. Edward C. Seymour. David Syme, A. M. 

This Association is composed of Male Teachers of Public 
Schools in the City, associated for the better promotion of their 



110 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



interests as a class, and for mutual edification and improvement 
in all that pertains to their calling. 

Regular meetings of this Association are held the first 
Thursday of every month at the Board of Education Rooms, 
Bed Hook lane, Western District. 



SCHOOLS. 
PACKER COL.L.EGIATE INSTITUTE. 

TOR GIRLS. 

(Formerly Brooklyn Female Academy.) 
Joralemon street, bet. Court and Clinton. 

OFFICERS. 

President. G. G. Van "Wagenen. 
Treasurer^ John H. Prentice. Secretary^ Joseph W. Harper. 

TRUSTEES. 

Ex- Officio, The Mayor of the City of Brooklyn. 

Peter Balen. Peter C. Cornell. Joshua M. Van Cott 

Loomis Ballard. Oliver H. Gordon. G. G. Van Wagenen. 

Abraham B. Baylis. Joseph W. Harper Abiel A. Low. 

Arthur W. Benson. Cyrus P. Smith. J. H. Prentice. 

David Coope. J. SulHvan Thorne. Benj. D. SilHman. 

FACULTY. 

Alonzo Crittenden, A. M., Principal. 

Darwin G. Eaton, A. M., Professor of the Natural Sciences, 
Mathematics, &c. i 

Frederick T. Winkelmann, D. Ph., A. M., Professor of ' 
Latin. German, and French. 

Juan Bartiiello, Professor of the Spanish Language. 

Mary Brinsmade, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics. 

M'lle Mathilde L. Raymond, of Paris, Teacher of the 
French Language. 

Miss Jane P. Hart, Teacher of Drawing and Painting. 

Miss Susan A. Bandelle, Teacher of Composition. 

Miss Josephine W. Ballard, " " " 

Jonathan C. Woodman, Professor of Music. . 

Thomas P. Dolbear, Professor of Penmanship. | 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. HI 



TEACHERS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 

Miss Elizabeth J. Smith, Miss Mary Carey, Miss Catalina 
Wendall, Miss Harriet Backus, Miss Caroline J. Coffin, Miss 
Ellen Garahan, Miss Cordelia Warner, Miss Cordelia Hale. 
Miss Jessie A. Kelly, Miss Abby D Goodell, Miss Margaret 
Molineaux, Miss Jeanette M. Simonson, Miss Isabella S. White. 

The Packer Collegiate Institute dates its commencement the 
second Monday (ilth) of September, 1854. It supersedes the 
late Brooklyn Female Academy, which, after a successful career 
of eight years, was, by special act of the Legislature, merged 
into it. Through the large hearted liberality of a lady of this 
city, Mrs. Wm. S. Packer, the Institution was endowed with the 
munificent sum of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars, and the pro- 
mise of an additional sum of Twenty Thousand if needed, by 
means of which the Trustees were enabled to erect the spacious 
and elegant Edifice occupied for the purposes of the Institution 
on the site of the former Academy in Joralemon street. The new 
edifice is more than a third larger than the former, and its cost 
three times as great. It has a Chapel, Library, and Laboratory; 
Rooms for Lectures, Recitations, Painting, Drawing, &c. ; and 
a large apartment for Calisthenic exercises. 

A principal feature of the Institute is an Observatory. In 
connection with the building, a Tower was erected, on which has 
been placed a revolving Dome, fitted with a complete suit of 
Astronomical instruments, including a Telescope of high power. 

The Academic year commences in September, and ends in 
July. The course of Studies has three departments : — Prepara- 
tory, Academic, and Collegiate. 



BROOKLYN COIiLEGIATE AND POIiYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. 

FOR BOYS. 
Livingston street, bet. Court and Boerum. 

OFFICERS, 1854-5. 

President^ Isaac H. Frothingham. 
Secretary, Josiah 0. Low. Treasurer^ John T. Martin. 

TRUSTEES. 

Charles S. Baylis. Isaac H. Frothingham. George S. HowJand. 

Simeon B. Chittenden. JSiadison G. Harrington. D. S. Landon. 
Horace B. Claflin. James How. Josiah 0. Low. 



112 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

John T. Martin. James E. Southworth. Heniy R. Worthington. 

Charles R. Marvin. J. S. T. Stranahan. Luther B. Wymau. 

James L. Putnam. R. Sands Tucker. 

Annual Election, 1st Tuesday in October. 

This is intended to be a school of high order, replete with 
every appliance to make it equal to any in the State. It will be 
a counterpart to the " Packer Institute " in this city. 

The B. C. and P. I. is incorporated as a Stock Company, 
with a Capital of $75,000. Cost of the site, $16,000. Esti- 
mated cost of building, $40,000. It is expected to complete 
the Edifice in time for opening the Institution and the admission 
of Pupils in May. There will be accommodations for 150 
Pupils. 



ACADEMY FOU YOUNG LADIES. 

68 South 9th street, E. District. 

ESTABLISHED 185L 

Silas Metcalf, A. M., Principal. 

The school has three Departments :— Elementary, Interme- 
diate, and First. 

The Academic year begins in September. 



BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SExlIINARY. 

FOR GIRLS. 
88 and 90 Montague Place. 

ESTABLISHED 185L 

The school is divided into Three Principal Departments : — 
The Primary, Junior, and Senior. The academic year begins in 
September. 

TEACHERS. 

Alonzo Gray, A. M., Principal and Professor of Natural 
Sciences and Mathematics. 

Nehemiah Cleaveland, a. M., Professor of Rhetoric and 
Criticism. 

Miss Aretiiusa Hall, Teacher of Composition and English 
studies. 

Mrs. Julia A. Davis, Miss Amanda M. Knight, Teachers 
of Latin and English studies. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 113 

Mrs. R. S. Harvey, Mips Mary E. Warren, Miss Anne 
L. Sewall, Teachers of Englisli studies. 

Mrs. Emilie Christern, Teacher of French and German. 

Miss Jane Dudgeon, Teacher of Drawing and Painting. 

M. Louis Selle, Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music. 

Mde. Annetta Stephani, Teacher of Vocal Music. 

Mde. De Villiers, Teacher of Instrumental Music. 

Mr. D. F. Brown, Teacher of Penmanship. 

Rev. S. T. Spear, D. D., instructs the Senior Class in Intel- 
lectual and Moral Philosophy, and Butler's Analogy. 

Rev. R. S. Storrs, jr., D. D., lectures on the Evidences of 
Christianity. 

William K. Brown, M. D., lectures on Anatomy and Phy- 
siology. 



CITY ACADE3IY, 

FOR BOYS, 

Corner of Court and Joralemon streets. 

ESTABLISHED 1851. 

A select English and Classical School for young gentlemen 
in their more advanced studies. 

Charles S. Stone, A. M., Proprietor, and Principal Teacher 
of the Classics and the Natural Sciences. 

John V. Lewis, A. B. Assistant, and Teacher of Mathe- 
matics. 

D. F. Brown, Teacher of Penmanship and Bookkeeping. 

Robert W. Hume, Teacher of Drawing and Elocution. 

Mons. J. Gustave Keetels, Teacher of the French and Ger- 
man Languages. 



CITY ACADEMY, 

A commercial and classical institute for boys, 

With a Primary Department attached. 

132 South 6th street, Eastern District. 

ESTABLISHED 1851. 

Wm. H. Palmer, ) r^ - - i 
John M. Wolcott, \ ^^'^^W^^- 

(Successors to Rev. A. A. Marcellus.) 
Miss Louisa M. Skinner, Teacher of Primary Department. 



114 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

CITY GRAMMAR SCHOOIi, 

FOR. BOYS, 
166 Fulton street. 

ESTABLISHED 1845. 
Horatio Gr. Abby, A. B., Principal. 

A Classical Institution in which young men are fitted for 
College or the Counting House, under the direct charge of the 
Principal. 



CLINTON STREET ACADEMY, 

FOR BOYS, 

Clinton street, near Pierrepont. 

ESTABLISHED 1842. 

W. H. BiGELOW, Principal. 
J. GusTAVE Keetels, Tcacher of the French Language. 

Pupils receive a Classical education, and are prepared for 
College or the Counting House. 



COLLEGE GRAITlilIAK SCHOOL., 

FOR BOYS, 

Corner of Atlantic and Clinton streets. 

ESTABLISHED 1850. 

Rev. Levi Wells Hart, A. M., Kector, Classical and 
Mathematical Departments and Higher English Studies. 

H. M. Lilly, A. B., Sub-Rector, Ordinary English Course. 

J. Gustave Keetels, Professor of Modern Languages. 

R. W. Hume, Professor of Drawing, Penmanship, and Elo- 
cution. 



. KINGS COUNTY KECORD. II5 

COI.I.EGE SCHOOI., 

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, 

No. 166, Livingston street. 

ESTABLISHED 1852. 

Henry H. Carpenter, Principal. 

^ COMIJVGS AND TAYtOR'S, 

SCHOOL FOR BOYS, 

180 Hicks St., cor. Montague place. 

ESTABLISHED I80O. 

Samuel E. Comings, ) ^^ . . 
Stephen G. Taylor, [ i^^^^cipals. 

Prof. J. G. Keetels, Instructor in French and German. 
V.h. Brown Teacher of Penmanship and Drawin- 
for JtHnrr'% ^^f^-uction embraces all branches necessary 

professional life. The Academic year begins on the 1st Monday 
of September, and comprises four terms of eleven weeks each. 

COraHERCIAL AN© MATHEMATICAL SCHOOE, 

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, 

Corner Little and Water streets. 

ESTABLISHED 1825. 

Samuel H. Coleman, Proprietor and Principal. 

DUDI.EY CLASSICAL SCHOOL, 

FOR BOYS, 

Ko. 155 Atlantic street. 

ESTABLISHED 1852. 

Robert Foster, A. M., Principal. 



116 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

DWIGHT'S HIGH SCHOOIi, 

A CLASSICAL AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE FOR BOYS, 

No. 2 Livingston street, near Sidney place. 

ESTABLISHED 1846. 

Benj. W. Dwight, Proprietor. 



EAGIjISH and CliASSICAIi SCHOOIi, 

FOR, BOYS, 

No. 9 Court St., Lowe's Buildings. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 

Alexander Watson, A. M., Principal. 



ExNGLISn AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL, 

FOR BOYS, 

Corner Henry and Atlantic streets. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 
Joshua Huntington, Principal. 



ENGLISH AN© MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL, 

FOR BOYS, 

No. 241 "Washington street. 

ESTABLISHED 1826. 

Eleazer Kingsley, Proprietor and Principal. 



FRENCH ANI> ENGLISH ACAUEMY, 

FOR BOYS, 

No. 130 Remsen street. 

ESTABLISHED 1850. 

A. BouRSAUD, Proprietor and Principal. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



117 




INSTITUTION FOR YOUNG LABIES, 

ON BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, 

106 Pierrepont st., corner of Clinton. 

Alfred- Greenleaf, A. M., Proprietor and Principal. 

ESTABLISHED MAY, 1837, AT AN OUTLAY OF $30,000. 

Has two Departments, Junior^ and Senior, each consisting 
of three classes. The Principal is aided by Ten competent and 
thoroughly qualified teachers, beside lecturers. The course of 
study embraces all the branches of a thorough English Educa- 
tion, Mathematics, the Natural Sciences, the Ancient and 
Modern Languages, Music, Drawing, etc. 

The Libraries and Apparatus to illustrate and facilitate the 
studies of the pupils, are very select and valuable. 

The School year commences in September and closes in July. 



THE MISSES FIEI^B'S INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG liABIES, 

No. 49 South 8th street, E. District. 
ESTABLISHED 1852. 

The School year commences the first Monday in September, 
and comprises four terms of eleven weeks each. 



118 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



1tiai.e aiv© femaiie acajdemy, 

(in separate departments,) 

Fulton av., cor. Classon a v. 

ESTABLISHED 1851. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Snow, Principals. 

Miss S. J. Hawley, Assistant in Female Department. 



MONS. AND MME. BERTAU>S FRENCH AND ENGLISH DAY AND 
BOARDING SCHOOL, 

FOR YOUNG LADIES, 
'No. 43 Pierrepont street. 

.ESTABLISHED 1846. 



MR. AND MADATHE CRUCY'S FRENCH AND ENGLISH 
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, 

FOR YOUNG LADIES, 
No. 209 Henry street. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 



PARK. INSTITUTE, 

FOR BOYS. 

Cumberland street, near Lafayette avenue. 

ESTABLISHED 1852. 

Holmes B. Hall, Proprietor and Principal. 



ST. PAUL'S ACADEMY, 



FOR YOUNG LADIES 



Basement St. Paul's Church, Union avenue, cor. S, 2d st, E. District. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 

Under the direction of 
Rev. H. F. Roberts and Lady. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 119 

SCHOOL FOR YOUNG I.ADIES, 

IsTo. 188 Dean street, 

ESTABLISHED 1854. 

Misses E. and M. A. Tisdale, Principals. 

The school is in session from September 10th to July 4th, 



SEIiECT CliASSICAIi AND ENGIilSH SCHOOIi, 

FOR BOYS, 
VTLTB. A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT FOR GIRLS, 

Corner Clinton and Baltic streets. 

ESTABLISHED 1848. 

J. K. Andrews, Proprietor, and Principal of Male Depart- 
ment. 

Mrs. J. R. Andrews, Principal of Female Department. 



SEIiECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 

Cumberland street, near Lafayette Av. 

Rev. Baynard R. Hall, D. D,, Principal. 

Assisted by the Misses Hall. 



SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, 

90 Orange street, cor. Henry. 

ESTABLISHED 1853. 

Rev. Harvey Newcomb and Lady, Principals. 
E. N. Bates, A. B., Assistant Teacher. 
Miss Sophia W. Newcomb, Teacher of Music, Drawing, and 
Painting. 

Miss Ellen Newcomb, Teacher. 



\I^ILLIAinSBURGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 

FOR BOYS, 

Fourth street, cor. South 9th. 

I^^STITUTED 1847. 



120 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Samuel Reynolds, > . • i. x) • • i 

llIOMAS U-. feCHRIVER, ) ^ 

The school has Four Departments : — Primaryj Junior, Se- 
nior, and Classical. 

INSTRUCTORS. 

Samuel Reynolds, if o - t n^ ^.-^ ^ r\ 4. 

„, ,->, CI t oenior and (Jlassical Departments. 

Thomas (Jr. bcHRivER, ^ ^ 

J. Y. Godfrey, Junior Department. 
Miss Smith, Primary Department. 
Prof. P. Abadie, French and Drawing. 
Prof. Hume, Elocution. 

Prof. J. Hyatt, Lecturer on Astronomy, Philosophy, Phy- 
siology, &c. 

The school year begins in September. 



WII.i:.IAMSBUKC}M IIVSTITUTE, 

A commercial and classical academy for boys, 

Sixth street, near South 4tli. 

ESTABLISHED 1850. 

Rev. William Hamilton, Principal. 
E. J. Hamilton, A. B., First Assistant. 

The Academic year begins in September. 



WII^LIAMSBURGH YOUNG LADIES' COIiliEGIATE IN- 
STITUTE, 

Fourth street, near South 9th. 
ESTABLISHED 1847. 

instructors. 

MoNS. p. Abadie, Principal and Professor of the French 
Language, Literature, and Drawing. 

B. Seymour, A. M., Ancient Literature, Philosophy, His- 
tory, Logic, and llhetoric, 

Thomas G-. Schriver, A. M., Professor of Mathematics. 

Prof. James Hyatt, Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, 
Geology, Chemistry, and Botany. 

Mrs. P Abadie, Principal of the Academic Department. 

Miss M. L, BuNCE, Principal of the Primary Department. 

Miss M. MuNsoN, Assistant. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 121 

On Literature, Philosophy, Science, and Arts, weekly 
Lectures will be delivered by liev. Dr. Fiulay and Prof. James 
Hyatt. 

L. A. Benjamin, Vocal Music. 

The Institution has three Departments : — Primary, Acade- 
mical, and Collegiate. 

Pupils who complete the Collegiate Course of three years to 
the satisfaction of the Faculty^ will receive the Diploma of the ' 
Institution. 

The Annual commencement takes place in the first week of 
July. 



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ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. 

St. Alphonsus' School, for Girls, at Church of the Holy 
Trinity, Eastern District. Conducted by the Nuns of the Or- 
der of St. Dominic. Sister, Witzlhofer, Siq^erioress. 300 
Pupils. 

St. James' School, 195 and 197 Jay street. Under the 
charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Brother 
Isaiah, Superior. 600 Pupils. 

St. Paul's School, for Girls, at St. Paul's Church, Court 
street. Conducted by the Sisters of Charity. Sister Constan- 
TiA, Sr. Servant. 600 Pupils. 

Free School, for Boys and Girls, at St. Peter's and St. 
Paul's Church, E. District. 1,000 Pupils. 

Free School, for Boys, at Church of the Holy Trinity, 
Eastern District. 300 Pupils. 

Free School, for Boys, at St. Paul's Church, Court street, 
cor. Congress. 250 Pupils. 

Fr,ee School, at St. Joseph's Church, Pacific street, n. Yan- 
derbilt avenue, 170 Pupils. 

Free School, for Girls, at St. James' Cathedral, Jay street, 
150 Pupils. 

Free School, at Church of the Assumption, York street. 

Free School, at St. Patrick's Church, Kent avenue. 

6 



122 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



BROOKLYN ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE CON- 
DITION OF THE POOR. 

OFFICERS 1S54-5. 

President, Stephen Crowell. 

Vice Presidents. 
John H. Brower. Abiel A. Low. 

Horace B. Claflin. Thomas H. Sandford. 

George L. Willard. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Arthur "W. Benson. James How. William Poole, 

Isaac IT. Frothingliam. AVilliam H. Mellen. Calvin P. Sanger. 

John W. Goin. Austin Melvin. 

Treasurer^ John Blunt. Rec. Sec, Edward A. Nichols. 
Cor. Sec. and General Agent, L. Eames. Office, 88 Hicks st. 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

First Ward. — Henry Kowland, Luthur Eames, William H. 
Mellen, Isaac H. Frothingham, James Freeland. 

Second Ward. — Daniel T. Leverich, Nathan T. Beers, Wm. 
C. Rushmore, John T. Davenport, Wm. H. Prindle. 

Third Ward. — Thomas C. Fanning, Richard P. Buck, John 
J. Studwell, Andrew Wesson, Adam D. Wheelock. 

Fourth Ward. — T. H. Sandford, Samuel Van Benschoten, 
William Edsell, Eleazer Kingsley, A. B. Davenport. 

Fifth Ward. — Rev. William Burnett, John Avila, Arthur 
Wellwood, Dr. Frederick Morris, Rufus R. Belknap. 

Sixth Ward. — Jeremiah P. Tappan, Leonard N. Dellicker, 
J. W. Green, Dr. H. S. Smith, Dr. James Crane. 

Seventh Ward. — John Rhodes, Alfred Smith, James De 
Gray, Silas Davenport, H. W. Mead. 

Tenth Ward.— J. Milton Smith, Arthur W. Benson, Alex- 
ander Bingham, William G. Mott, A. L. Van Buren 

Eleventh Ward. — Lewis N. Baldwin, James H. Taft, 
George Gault, Daniel S. Darling, Isaac Carhart. 

This is a voluntary Association of benevolent persons united 
not for purposes of general benevolence, but to render tem- 
porary aid to worthy destitute persons and families (not paupers), 
who have by infirmity, sickness, age, or unavoidable misfortune, 
been brought to want, and who would prefer to suffer before ap- 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



123 



plying for aid to the City or County Superintendents of the 
poor. 

The Society has been ten years in existence, and has been the 
means of great and untold benefit ; appearing to many as the 
" Good Samaritan " in their extremity, relieving their bodily 
wants, and filling their hearts with joy and gratitude. It is de- 
serving the patronage of every person able to contribute a 
" mite.'''' 

The receipts for 1854 have been $8,238 92 cts. There has 
been distributed during the past year 600 tons of coal, 14 loads 
of wood, 29.896 lbs. of Indian meal, 14,434 lbs. of rice, 124 
bushels of beans, 127 quintals of codfish, 547 lbs. of tea, 5,277 
lbs. of sugar, 685 gallons of molasses, 1,681 lbs. of fresh meat, 
1,467 loaves of bread, 239 pairs of shoes, and 400 pieces of 
clothing. 



BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF RESPECT- 
ABLE, AGED, INDIGENT FEMALES. 

(Graham Institute.) 

The Home, Corner "Washington and Dekalb avenues. 

ESTABLISHED 1850. 



OFFICIAIi BOAED FOR 1855. 



First Directress^ 
Second " 
Cor. Secretary^ 
Rec. " 

Treasurer.. 



Mrs. Rev. Dr. Lansing. 
" James Shelden. 
" Isaac R. St. John. 
" George L. Cornell. 
" David M. Stone. 



Mrs. "Wm. C. Bowers. 

•' R. P. Buck. 

" Wm. F. Bulkley. 

'* Ann Burrows. 

" Wm. W. Crane. 

" Wm. J. Davidson. 

" Thomas Day. 

" John A. Dayton. 

" Wm. W. Greene. 

" A. W. Harper. 

" J. F. Herriman. 

" Welch. 



MANAGERS. 

Mrs. L. Holbrook. 

" Joseph Howard. 

" David Johnson. 

" Rev. 0. B. Judd. 

" Wm. Kent. 

" J. D. Ledyard. 

" J. W. McCluney. 

" Henry W. Mead. 

" Theo. Polhemus, jr. 

" Ward Raymond. 

*' Reed. 

" Alex.' M. White. 



Mrs. Jas. S. Rockwell. 

" Jarvis R. Rolph. 

" Jas. E. Soutli worth. 

" S. B. Stilwell. 

" J. S. T. Strauahan. 

" J. R Tappan. 

" Adam Tiebout. 

" Alanson Trask, 
Miss Dodge. 
Miss Duryea. 
Miss E. Hubbard. 



Matron^ Mrs. Caroline Wright. 



Physician^ Dr. Vanderveer. 



124 BROOKLYN CTTT AND 



BOARD OF ADVISERS. 

His Honor the Mayor, Ex-officio. Geo. S. Howland, Esq. 

Edward Dunham, Esq. Elijah Lewis, Esq. 

John Halsey, Esq. Hon. Cyrus P. Smith. 

Rev. Dr. J. L. Hodge. Alex. M. White, Esq. 

As its name indicates, this Society was instituted for the 
purpose of providing a Home for the class of persons coming 
within the province of its care. Through the liberality of the 
late John B. Graham, Esq., a stately edifice has been erected, 
surrounded by ample grounds, which afford a free ventilation. 
By this noble charity an agreeable Home, replete with every 
comfort, has been provided, wherein many a weary traveller, de- 
scending the hill of life, may take refuge, and find rest from the 
toils attending their steps, and a shelter from the rude blasts of 
adversity, blessing meanwhile, the heart that conceived the noble 
design, and the hand that so generously accomplished it. 

The Institution has no fund for its support. Its income is 
dependent on what is received as admission fees, payments for 
life membership, annual subscriptions, and irregular contributions 
from the benevolent. 

There were thirty beneficiary inmates of the Home during 
last year, and six boarding inmates. 

To become a Beneficiary inmate of the Home, the regulations 
require that the applicant should be at least sixty years of age, 
though the Committee have discretionary power to admit at a 
less age. The applicant, or her friends, must also pay an admis- 
sion fee of sixty dollars, and be provided with a bed, bedding, 
and furniture for a room. 

To become a Member of the society requires the payment of 
One dollar or more, annually ; to become a Life Member^ the 
payment of Twenty Dollars ; to become a Benefactor^ the pay- 
ment of Fifty dollars ; to become a Patron of the society, the 
payment of One Hundred dollars. 



BROOKLYN FEMALE EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED MARCH, 1854, 
Meet 1st "Wednesday in each month, at 65 Court st, 11 A. M. 

Office for Employment and Sales-Room, 65 Court st. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



125 



OFFICIAL BOARD. 

Tresident^ Mrs. Nicholas Luquer. 

Vice Fresident^ Mrs. Abiel A. Low. Sec.^ Mrs. Tlieo. Eomeyn. 

Treasurer^ Miss Julia S. Kirk. 



Mrs. John Brownson. 

" Chesbrough. 

" James Crane. 

" Alex. H. Dana. 

" N. W. Everleigh. 

" Chas. M. Fry. 

" Oliver H. Gordon. 

" Wm. M. Harris. 

'• Geo. G. Hastings. 

" David Johnson. 

" Daniel J. Ledyard. 



MANAGERS. 

Mrs. Elijah Lewis. 

" John Martin. 

" M. F. Odell. 

" Wm. S. Packer. 

" Chas. Parsons. 

" Joshua L. Pope. 

" Nathaniel Putnam. 

" Geo. H. Sampson. 

" Wm. Spencer. 

" Horatio Smith. 

" Peter G. Taylor. 



Mrs. Luke W. Thomas. 

" Frank Vincent. 

" Horace Waters. 

'• Andrew Wesson. 
Miss Arnold. 

" Julia Grey. 

" Kittredge. 

" Elizabeth Manning. 

*' Nelson. 

" Martha Renouf. 

•' Emily Stansbury. 



Caleb Barstow. 
Robei't Dugan. 
Jose|)h W. Greene. 
Solomon H. Hanford. 



ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 



Abraham W. Leggett. 
Samuel Sloan. 
George G. Spencer. 



William Spencer. 
John N. Taylor. 
Luke W. Thomas. 



This Society is well worthy of being classed with the Benefi- 
cent Institutions of the city. It is an Association of Ladies, 
and its primary object is to provide employment at needle-work, 
to respectable, educated, and refined females who may have been 
reduced from comfort or even affluence to a state of want or 
suffering ; but through delicacy, or the want of the habit of self- 
dependence, are prevented from soliciting needle employment 
through the ordinary channel of the shops^ though willing to 
devote their energies to the sustenance of themselves and their 
dependents ; to such self-dependent needle women as may for 
the time being be unable to procure work ; to poor females, 
widows, or married women, that may be thrown upon their own 
resources to procure the necessaries of life. A just and prompt 
remuneration is afforded for the labor performed. The Work 
and Sales Room of the Society is at 65 Court street. 

The Ladies design also, to the extent of their ability, to aid 
reputable household servants in procuring employment in families 
of respectability. 

Any person, by the payment of five dollars, may become a 
member of the Society for one year, or one hundred dollars will 
constitute any person a member for life. It is endeavored, as 



126 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



far as possible, to make the enterprise self-sustaining ; but for 
wliat it may lack in that respect the Managers look to the con- 
tributions they hope to obtain from a liberal-hearted public. 



BROOKLYN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED APRIL 4x0, 1854. 

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. 

No. 1. — Concord street, near Hudson av. 

No. 2. — Huntington st., bet. Court and Clinton. 

First Directress^ Mrs. Fisher Howe, 110 Willow st. 

Seco7icl, " " Jesse C. Smith, 79 Hicks st. 
Treasurer^ *' Andrew Wesson, 23 Monroe pi. 

Secretary^ " Horatio W. Shipman, 50 High st. 



Mrs. Peter Balen. 

" Orville Bissell. 

" Jarvis Brush. 

" Sam'l Burrill. 

" Alfred Clapp. 

" David Clarkson. 

" Connover. 

« Wm. J. Cutting. 
Miss L. I. Bedell. 



MANAGERS. 

Mrs. Davison. 
" John P. Elwell. 
« John E. Hanford. 
" Dr. C. Harris. 
" John B. Hillard. 
" Henry R. Hough. 
" Wm. W. Hurlburt. 
" Henry G. Nichols. 
♦' Ed. J. Ovington. 
Miss P. Burtis. 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 



Mrs. Richard Sharp. 

" J. Sheldon. 

" G. C. Snialley. 

" Henry T. Tabar. 

" Luke W. Thomas. 

" S. Tliompson. 

" J. Wiuchelhausen. 

" Abraham Wyckolf. 
Miss M. Hubbard. 



Joseph W. Harper. Abiel A. Low. 
Calvin F. Howe. Thomas H. Messenger 

Cyrus P. Smith. 

This Association is one of a New Order. It is supported 
by voluntary subscriptions and donations. It is managed by 
Ladies, with an advisory Committee of Gentlemen. 

In making up the Board of Managers, it is designed to have 
every church in the city represented in the person of at least 
one Manager. The Board meets for the transaction of business 
at 10 A. M., on the first Tuesday of each month, at the Rooms 
of the Hamilton Literary Association, Brooklyn Athenagum. 

Any person contributing one dollar or more annually to the 
support of the Society, shall be a member thereof and entitled to 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 127 

vote at the Annual Meeting which is held on the third Tuesday 
of November. 

The subjects of this Beneficent Institution are found in the 
humblest walks, — the sub-stratum of civilized life, children of 
parents in the lowest condition of poverty and degradation, — to 
reclaim them from ignorance and vice, and train them to useful- 
ness in society, teaching them habits of cleanliness, industry, 
educating the mind, and shaping the moral tendencies. 

For this purpose the Managers, through their visitors, seek 
out and invite to their schools, for a few hours daily, such neg- 
lected female children as do not attend any school, and are 
utterly deprived of any moral training. 

There they are first familiarized to the sanitary influence of 
cleanliness, taught the use of the needle, employing also a por- 
tion of the time instructing them in the rudiments of learning. 
The bodily wants of the little ones are not overlooked, as they 
are provided with clothing, and a daily dinner of plain whole- 
some food. The Managers have met with encouraging success 
since they entered upon their self-denying and responsible work, 
and look to an enlightened and benevolent public to sustain 
them. 



CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, 

EASTERN DISTRICT. 
ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1854, 
For the Establ^hment of Industrial Schools. 

School No. 1, North 2d st., near Fourth. 

Mrs. Chauncey Pierce, Male Department. 
Mrs. H, Brown, Female Department. 

OFFICERS AND MANAGERS, 1855. 

President^ Kev. Wm. W. Halloway. 

Vice President^ Rev. John D. Wells. 

Treasurer^ Dr. E. N. Colt. Secretary^ Manning Merrill. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

George H. Andrews. Dr. E. N. Colt. William Duvall. 

John Broach. Robert Crowley. J. C. Gandar. 

J. W. Bulkiey. R. T. Duff. John K. Gittena. 



128 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Rev. Wm. W. Halloway.Manning Merrill. J. H. Vandewater. 

John Hamilton. John Thompson, Benj. J. Warner, jr. 

James Hull. Robert G. Thursby. Rev. John D. Wells. 

Enoch Jacobs. Samuel Truslow. Richard White. 

Jeremiah Johnson. Richard Trussell. 

Octavius Longworth. L. W. Ufford. 

OFFICERS OF BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS. 

l5^ Directress, Mrs. James Hall. 
2d " " Robert Crowley. 

dd, " " William Duvall. 

Secretary^ " Cooper. 

Anmial Election, in March. 



The Children's Aid Society had its origin in the bencv^a- 
lent movements of ladies connected with the Williamsbnrgh 
City Mission, who, in the fulfilment of their ofl&ce as VisiiorSy 
occasionally witnessed in a family that came in their way, such 
cases of extreme poverty, deplorable ignorance, and miserable 
degradation combined, as to excite their compassionate regard, 
more especially for the children of the abject parents. It was 
regarded as possible to save the children at least, could some 
plan be adopted by which they might be taken for a part of the 
day from the contemplation of and contact with such a state of 
things, and brought to see and experience a better and happier 
condition. With this object in view, they appealed to the 
benevolent to aid them to open an " Industrial School," on the 
plan which had proved successful in other cities. Their call 
was responded to, and they opened their first school on the 
seventh of March, 1854, in the old " North American," in North 
Second street, near Fourth, with five children in attendance. 
The progress of the enterprise thus far has inspired the Managers 
with confidence in its ultimate success, as an effective means of 
amelioration to multitudes of the poorer and hitherto neglected 
children of the city. A happy change has been wrought in the 
morals and manners of the children under the care of the Matron, 
and it is confidently hoped that any good efi'ected in them will 
reflect in the family circle, inspiring its members with hopes of 
a more exalted character, and induce efi"orts for a reform. The 
children are provided with tidy and comfortable apparel, and are 
treated daily to a warm and nourishing dinner. 

The Society is wholly dependent on contributions from the 
benevolent to defray the expenses of the enterprise ; the Mana- 
gers therefore make a standing appeal to the public to sustain 
this good work so auspiciously begun. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 129 

The Schools are under the immediate direction of a body of 
twelve ladies, elected annually. These annually elect from 
their number a first, second, and third Directress, and a Secre- 
tary, and appoint such Committees as they may think proper ; 
and with the concurrence of the Board of Trustees, may appoint 
such Teachers as are necessary, and otherwise govern the School 
except in matters of supply and expenditure. 

There is a Board of twenty-five Trustees, elected annually, 
who act as Advisers or Counselling Managers in the afi"airs of the 
Society. The Board of Trustees annually elect from their own 
number a President. Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, 
and appoint Committees. The Treasurer holds the funds of the 
Society, and makes disbursements on orders signed by at least 
two of the Finance Committee, or by one of the committee and 
the 1st Directress. 

Regular Monthly Meetings are held on the third Thursday 
of each month. 



THE CHURCH CHARITY FOUNDATION. 

INCORPORATED MARCH, 1851. 

OFFICEKS, 1S55-6. 

President^ Bev. Francis Yinton, D. D. 
Vice Presidents. 

Rev. E. H. Cranfield. Bev. Jacob W. Diller. 

Bev. Wm. H. Lewis, D. D. 

Treasurer^ William B. Douglas. Sec, Bichard Wood. 

The intent or business of this Society is to found and es- 
tablish Institutions for the relief and care of respectable indi- 
gent aged persons, sick or infirm indigent persons ; orphan, half 
orphan, and other children that may be left in a destitute and 
unprotected condition ; seamen, boatmen, and their families , 
and for the dispensing of general charity. It is provided, that 
in the administration of the benefits of the Charities of this 
Society, the preference be given to such as are members of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church, or are connected with, or have 
peculiar claims upon those who are members. 

In furtherance of the plans of the Society, three buildings on 
Carlton avenue near Fulton avenue, are temporarily rented : one 
6* 



130 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



is the Home for the Aged ; the second, a Hospital for the Sick; 
and the third, the Orphan House. 

The Society contemplates establishing, as early as the state 
of its funds will permit, a Training House for servants and 
nurses, a Church, and a Home for Seamen and Boatmen and 
their families. The Society is altogether dependent for its 
funds on the liberality of the benevolent. The affairs of the 
Society are conducted by a Board of Managers, assisted by a 
Board of Lady Associates. 

The Annual Election is held on the Festival of the Presenta- 
tion of Christ in the Temple, or if it occur on a Sunday, then on 
the day following. 



BROOKLYN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 

HARTERED MAY, 1845. ORGANIZED AUGUST, 1845. 
Office, No. 66 Amity street. 
OFFICERS, 1855-6. 

President^ Archbishop Hughes. 

Secretary, Alderman Timothy Bannon. 

Treasurer^ Charles Harvey. 

TRUSTEES EX-OFFICIO. 

Most Bev. John Hughes, D. D., Archbishop of New York. 
Hon. George Hall, Mayor of Brooklyn. 

Life Trustees. A^mual Trustees. 

James Friel. Peter O'Hara. 

T. James Glover. James Bennett. 

John G. Gottsberger. Timothy Bannon. 
William H. Peck. Charles Harvey. 

A. G. Spencer. 

Christopher Johnston, Agent. 

The Brooklyn Benevolent Society was instituted to carry 
out the benevolent designs of the late Cornelius Heeney, who, 
^during life, generously contributed for charitable purposes a 
larffe amount of property, consisting of 151 lots of land_ lying 
between Hicks, Columbia, Congress, and Amity streets, m the 
city of Brooklyn. 

The founder and donor designed this beneficence more par- 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 131 



ticularly for the relief of Roman Catholics, but others are not 
excluded. One fifth of the income derived from the property of 
the Society is required to be annually expended in supplying 
the poor with fuel during winter ; one tenth in supplying poor 
children attending school with clothing during winter, and $250 
a year in payment of teacher of said poor children, in spelling, 
reading, writing, and arithmetic ; the whole clear surplus of an- 
nual income to be applied to the maintenance and education of 
poor orphan children from four to fourteen years of age. 

The Orphans receiving the patronage of the Society are those 
under the care of the Roman Catholic Asylum Society, at the 
corner of Congress and Clinton streets, connected with which is 
the school the teacher of which receives the sum above named. 

The Cash Receipts of the Society for the year ending March 
1st, 1855, amounted to $8,325 81, of which sum there was 
expended : — 

For fuel furnished 953 families, consisting of 3,812 persons, • $1,800 00 

" Shoes and stockings, 1,150 pairs of each to poor children 901 43 

" Teacher to poor children, - - - . . 250 00 

" Agent's Salary, 400 00 

*' Assessments - - . _ . . . 329 gg 

" Incidental expenses, including |410 for repairs to house 587 46 

** Support and maintenance of orphan children, - - 4,057 24 

Total, 18,325 81 

The affairs of the Society are managed by a Board of eleven 
Trustees, five of whom are elected for life. The Archbishop of 
New York, and Mayor of the City of Brooklyn are Trustees, ex- 
officio. The four remaining ones are elected annually. 

The payment of three dollars annually will constitute a per- 
son an Associate Member of the Society, and will entitle them 
to a vote at the Annual Election for Trustees, which takes place 
on the 17th of March. The Trustees meet on the first Wednes- 
day of every month. 



HOWARD BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 

Connected with the Third Unitarian Congregational 

Church, 

South 8th street, between 4th and 5th streets, E. District. 

ORGANIZED DEC, 1854. 



132 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

President^ Mrs. Charles J. Bowen. 

Vice Fresident^ Mrs. Wm. H. Jenkins. 

Sec.^ Mrs. E. J. Grerry. Treasurer^ Mrs. William Duvall. 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

Rev. Charles J. Bowen. Alfred Hall. 

AVilliam Duvall. Wm. H. Jenkins. 

Henry B. Sbute. 

The purpose of this Society is to seek out and render assist- 
ance in various ways to such deserving persons in the com- 
munity as may be in embarrassed circumstances induced by 
sickness, want of employment, or any misfortune. It is a recent 
organization, yet in the short period of its existence it has accom- 
plished much good. Through its medium many have been tem- 
porarily relieved. 

The class of persons assisted were those who do not willingly 
ask aid, but prefer to suffer rather than solicit alms, yet have 
gratefully accepted the proffered help. The Society is depend- 
ent on the voluntary contributions of the benevolent to enable it 
to carry out its designs. 

Meetings for the transaction of the business of the Society 
are held at the houses of the members alternately, every Tuesday 
evening. 

Any person contributing Fifty cents or more to the funds of 
the Society, becomes a member thereof. Donations may be sent 
to the Treasurer, Mrs. Wm. Duvall, No. 5 Fourth street. 



ROMAN CATHOLIC BENEFICIAIi SOCIETY OF ST. PE- 
TER'S AND ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, 

Eastern District. 

ORGANIZED JUNE, 1850. 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

President^ John McCann. 

Yice Premlent^ William Brown. 

Secretary, McCarthy Reidy. Treasurer, Peter Gr. Brennan. 

Annual Election in June. 



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133 



Established for the purpose of giving assistance to the Sun- 
day Schools, and promoting the usefulness and extension of the 
Library ; also for the support of members when sick or infirm, 
and their interment after death ; and, by acts of mutual kind- 
ness and benevolence, to cement more closely the sacred bonds 
of Union and Charity that should ever exist among fellow 
Catholics. 

All persons under 45 years of age, of a good moral character, 
are eligible to a membership in the Society. Persons over that 
age are admitted as Honorary members ; but are not entitled to 
any pecuniary benefits. The initiation fee is $3 ; monthly dues, 
25 cents ; sick allowance, $3 per week ; burial allowance, $25. 
Regular meetings of the Society are held on the last Monday of 
each month. The Annual meeting, at which the Officers are 
elected, is held on the Sunday succeeding the 29th of June, or 
Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. 



PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY. 

mSTITUTED 1833. INCOEPORATED 1835. 
Asylum, Cumberland street, near Myrtle avenue. 

OFFICERS FOR 1855. 

First Directress^ Mrs. C. H. Richards. 
Second " Mrs. Phebe Butler. 

Cor. Sec.j Mrs. Joseph Steele. Rec. Sec.^ Miss Anne Wood. 
Treasurer J Miss Mary CornelL 







MANAGERS. 






Mrs. Allen. 


Mrs. Gascoigne. 


Mrs 


Peck. 


" Allen. 


(( 


Gibbs. 


(( 


Rockwell. 


*' Ayres. 


u 


Gilbert. 


<( 


Rosenbaum. 


" Cox. 


u 


Gordon. 


(( 


Saudford. 


" Cutler. 


11 


Gracie. 


(( 


Sands. 


" Dana. 


u 


Henry. 


{( 


Thorne. 


" Dorrance. 


u 


Howe. 


(( 


F. Tucker. 


" Doughty. 


(( 


Kellogg. 


a 


T. Tucker. 


" Dunning. 


u 


Lamar. 


u 


Van Antwerp 


" Freeland, 


<( 


Lewis. 


(( 


Van Sinderen. 


'' Fry. 




Litchfield. 
Ostrander. 


(( 


Wesson. 



134 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



BOARD OF ADVISORS. 

Mr. Alex. H. Dana. Mr. J. B. Graham. Mr. Cyrus P. Smith. 

" Daniel Embury. " John Halsey. " Joseph Steele. 

" Sandford. 

Matron, Mrs. Wakefield. 

The declared object of this Society is to protect, relieve, and 
instruct Orphan and destitute children in the City of Brooklyn. 
A large and commodious building was erected for the purposes of 
the Institution on Cumberland street, between Myrtle and Park 
avenues. The number of children under the care of the Society 
became so large that the original building was found too limited 
for their accommodation, and in 1851 a Wing was added to the 
main edifice, on the North ; it being the intention of the Society 
to also add a South Wing when required. The Society are in 
possession of twelve lots, six on Cumberland street, with six 
abutting on Carlton avenue. The grounds are ample enough to 
give room for buildings to accommodate a very large number, 
and at the same time alBford a thorough ventilation, opening as it 
does on two streets. The play ground for the exercise of the 
children is by no means stinted ; besides which a large play 
house has been erected for indoor exercise when the state of the 
weather prevents their usual outdoor pastimes. 

The number of Children in the care of the Society at the 
present time is about 130. 

Regular meetings of the Managers are held monthly. 

The Annual meeting of the members of the Society is held 
on the third Wednesday of May, at which time the Officers and 
Managers for the ensuing year are elected. 



ROMAN CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY. 

INSTITUTED 1829. CHARTERED 1834. 

Asylum for Boys, Clinton street, cor. Congress. 
" " Girls, Congress street, near Clinton. 

Number of Orphans, April 1st, 1855, 290. 
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 

Fresident, Rt. Rev. Bishop Lougiilin. 

Ut Vice Fres., Cornelius Dever. 2d Vice Fres., J. 0. Manney. 

Secretary, Michael H. Murphy. 

Assistant Secretary, Michael Burke. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 135 

DIRECTORS. 

Timothy Bannon. Edward Roach. 

Jeremiah O'Donnell. Cornelius Dever. 

James Tiner. Thomas Dillon. 

Francis Turner. 

The Society have erected two spacious brick buildings — one 
for Boys and the other for Girls. 

The Asylums receive their principal support through the 
" Trustees and Associates of the Brooklyn Benevolent Society," 
who hold in trust a large amount of property for benevolent pur- 
poses by deed of gift from the late Cornelius Heeney. The 
amount received for the year ending March 1st, 1855, was over 
$4,000. 

The " Emerald Benevolent Society " of Brooklyn give the 
proceeds of an annual Ball to the support of the Asylums. 



THE WILLIAMSBURGH CITY MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED MARCH, 1853. 

OFFICEES, 1S55. 

President^ Henry McKinstry. 
Vice Presidents^ Several Gentlemen of different denominations. 

Secretary^ J. W. Bulkley. 
Treasurer^ H. P. Freeman. Missionary^ Bev. "Wm. H. Johnson. 

The object of this Society is to provide religious instruction 
for the neglected and destitute, and to look into the temporal 
wants of the poor. The business is directed by a Board of 
Managers, consisting of the Pastor and a lay member of each 
of the churches represented in the Society. All Evangelical 
Ministers of the Gospel in the city, who are not Pastors, are 
Honorary members of the Board. 

Any person contributing to the funds of the Society, becomes 
a member thereof. 

The Society has now in its organization, nine different denom- 
inations, and more than a dozen churches. The basis is so broad, as 
to embrace all who love the Saviour and the souls of their fellow- 
men. In 1853, about 150 Bibles and 875 Testaments were dis- 
tributed. 



136 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

The General Kelief Department of this Society was or- 
ganized in October, 1853, by the appointment of nine gentlemen 
as a committee to supervise the giving relief of the temporal ne- 
cessities of the poor. 

The Committee for the present year consists of seven laymen 
of difierent denominations : J. Hamilton, Chairman ; J, W. 
Bulkley, Secretary ; Rev. J. D. Wells, Treasurer. 

The city (Williamsburgh) has been divided into Districts, 
which have been visited by persons appointed for that purpose. 
A soup house has been opened, in connection with the depository, 
where relief is daily afforded to those in want. 

The Committee hold a regular weekly meeting for the pur- 
pose of carrying out their work. Provisions to the amount of 
$250 to $300 per week, are distributed to the poor, besides a 
large amount of clothing. 

The City Missionary Society and the Relief Depart- 
ment are among the most important agencies for doing good in 
the City. The first, in looking after the neglected, who are 
without the means of grace ; the second, in affording temporal 
relief to those who are destitute. To the poor the Gospel is 
preached, — the sick are visited, — the hungry fed, — and the naked 
clothed. 



BROOKLYN CITY BIBLE SOCIETY: 

Auxiliary to the American Bible Society. 
ESTABLISHED 1841, 

For the distribution of the Sacred Scriptures without note or comment, — free to tlie des- 
titute poor, — and otherwise, in this city. 

Depositary of the Societ^^, C. C. Mudge, 48 Court street. 
OFFIOEES, 1855. 

Fresiclent^ Chandler Starr. 
Vice Presidents^ 

The Mayor of Brooklyn, ex-officio. 

Daniel Ayres. Daniel H. Arnold. 

Kichard P. Buck. Joseph Sands. 

Alfred Edwards. Walter Bicker. 

Wm. C. Rushmore. Charles Clark. 

Treasurer^ Bonj. W. Delamater. 

Cor. Sec, Rev. J. E. Rockwell. Rec. Sec, Charles C. Mudge. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 137 



The following statement of tiie operations of the Society 
during the year 1854, shows that not a few families residing in 
the famed " City of Churches" were found without the Bible in 
their houses. 

VOLUMES DISTRIBUTED GRATUITOUSLY. 

By Tract Visitors, ... 2 354 

To Sabbath Schools, .... 337 
'' Females' Bible Society, . . 5(32 

" Public Institutions, . , .179 
" Individuals, Residents, . . 201 

" " Strangers, . . 140 



3,775 
Volumes sold, 1 126 



Total distributed, 5,001 

The Receipts of the Society for the year were $3,169 88 
Of this sum $408 40 was received from the Females' Auxiliary 
Society. "^ 

Any person paying fifty cents or more annually into the 
funds of the Society may be a member thereof; and the payment 
of ten dollars at one time, will constitute a person a hfe mem- 
ber ; and the payment of twenty dollars at one time will consti- 
tute a person a life manager. 

All Churches making annual collections for the funds of the 
Society, are entitled to Bibles for the use of the Sunday Schools 
attached to such Churches. 

Donations may be left with either of the Managers, or with 
the Treasurer at the office of the Long Island Insurance Co. 

The Annual Meeting of the Society is held on the first 
Tuesday after the first Monday in January. 



BROOKLYN FEMALES' BIBLE SOCIETY: 

Auxiliary to the Brooklyn City Bible Society. 
ESTABLISHED 1850, 

I^wk'^'t."'^ purpose of collecting funds from the Female Members of Churches renresento,! 
\>7 the Parent bociety, and from others; also to distribute Bibles."-CoiIS«ON' 



138 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



OFF^BeRS, 1S55. 

First Directress^ Mrs. G. C. White. 
Second " " D. J. Ledyard. 

Secretary^ " Rev. J. E. Ptockwell. 

Treasurer^ " A. H. Dana. 

The Managers of the Society for the present year consist of 
thirty-four ladies connected with sixteen Evangelical Churches 
in the city. The Society during the year ending December, 1854, 
paid into the funds of the Parent Society $408 40, of which 
sum $300 was appropriated to make Rev. J. E. Rockwell and 
Mr. C. C. Mudge, Life Directors of the American Bible Society. 
The number of Bibles and Testaments distributed during the 
same period was 562. 

Any person contributing to the Society to the amount of 
fifty cents annually, may be a member thereof; and any one 
contributing ten dollars at one time, may be a life member. 

The Society holds its Anniversary in December. 



"WILLIAMSBURGH BIBLE SOCIETY. 

ESTABLISHED 1845. 
OFFICERS, 1S55. 

President^ Rev. John D. Wells. 

Vice President, Jonathan S. Burr. 

Cor. Sec, Rev. H. B. Elliott. Rec. Sec, John Truslow. 

Trecisiirer, William Morgan. 

Depositary, Nathaniel Briggs, 99 South 5th street. 

The following Table shows the operations of the Society 
from its organization to 1853, inclusive : 



Population of 
Williainslnirjih . . . 

Families Ibund 
destitute of the Bi- 
ble 

No. of Churches 
contributing 

Amount of con- 
tributions 



1845 


1846 


1847 


1848 


1849 


1850 


1851 


1852 


1853 


11,000 
1 in 34 


13,000 
Place 
not ex- 
plored. 


16,000 
1 in 22 


21,000 

not ex- 
plored. 


26,000 

not ex- 
plored. 


31,000 
1 in 10 


85,000 

not ex- 
plored. 


40,000 
1 in 10 


50,000 

not ex- 
plored. 


8 


9 


9 


9 


9 


10 


11 


17 


15 


$153 


$173 


©222 


$227 


$300 


$804 


$5G5 18 


$723 8S 


$700 00 



The Annual Meeting of the Society for 1854, was held on 
the evcnin": of the 29th of December last. 



KINGS COU NTY KECORD. I39 

BROOKLYN CITY TRACT SOCIETY: 

Auxiliaiy to the American Tract Society. 
ESTABLISHED 1830, 

General Agent, Charles C. Mudge, No. 48 Court st. 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

President, Kev. Bex\j. C. Cutler, D. D. 

t Vice Presidents, 

C01: Sec, Rev. N. P. Pierce. Rec. Sec, Henry Rowland. 

Treasurer, William W. Wickes. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

James P. Wallace, Chairman. 
W. Bicker. John V. Harriott. Orrin Swift 

Edward L Brown. Frederick J. Hosford. Ala" son Trask 

Jasper E. Corning. Edward A I aml.prt ^^\ ^ irask. 

E. Edwards. ^ John W LesHe kT^^ w'"''"" 

scKsr s-iSi ^its^ 

TRACTS DISTRIBUTED. 

To Families and others, in the Citv - ' „^-'^03 

•'' ' " - 258,036 

Total Distributed, 348,529 

Copies of Child's Paper distributed, - - o /... 

Bibles supplied to the destitute - . ' " ^4,000 

Testaments, " " ' . " - - 990 

Children gathered into Sunday Schools. - ' - " ' ■^'??J 

Ditto, ditto, Public Schools, . . . * ^J^ 



140 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



Persons induced to attend Church, . - - - 492 

Temperance Pledges obtained, . _ . _ 893 

Prayer Meetings held, - . - - - * 642 

Family Visitations by the Missionaries, . - - 5,493 

Backsliders reclaimed, ------ 14 

Hopeful Conversions, - - - - - * .44 

United with Evangelical Churches, ... - 25 

The number of Tract Distributors co-operating witb the 
Society during the year was 474. 

The B. C. T. Society is composed of such persons as con- 
tribute annually to its funds, or are actively engaged in pro- 
moting its objects, together with the Life Members and Directors. 
Forty-five or more Directors are chosen annually, who, with the 
Ofl&cers, constitute a Board to conduct the business of the 
Society. 

The fund of the Society is made up from contributions by 
the Churches, annual subscriptions, and occasional donations. 
Contributions or donations to the Society may be made through 
the Treasurer or any Member of the Executive Committee. 

The Anniversary of the Society is held on the last Monday 
of January, at which the Annual Report of the Board is read, 
and the Officers and Directors for the ensuing year elected. 



THE BROOKLYN SABBATH SCHOOL UNION. 

ORGANIZED ISS^. RE-ORGANIZED 1855. 

Established to encourage and assist tbose engaged in the superintendence and instnic- 
tion of Sabbath Sciiools; to iuiprove the method of teaching; to promote the establish- 
lishment of new schools— especially for the destitute of the city— and to unite the Christian 
sympathies, counsels, and labors of persons of ditterent evangelical denominations, in thi3 
benevolent enterprise.— Constitution, Ajit. 2. 

MANAGERS. 

Chairman^ Albert Woodruff. 
Secretary^ John R. Morris. Treasurer^ Charles Clark. 

Peter Balen. Fisher A. Fisher. A.D.Matthews. 

George W. Bleecker. John V. Harriott. Charles C. Mudge. 

John M. B. Bogart. Thomas R. Harvey. Ellis S. Potter. 

William H. Brown. H. N. Holt. Sidney Sanderson. 

Samuel Carter. R. M. Hubbard. Robert S. Slocum. 

Silas Davenport. Isaac N. Judson. Andrew A. Smith. 

William Edsall. Christopher Lippitt. John C. Smith. 

Joseph W. Field. E. Marx. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 141 

« > 

The B. S. S. U. consists of the officers and teachers of such 
Sabbath schools as vote to become members, and of ministers of 
the churches with which these schools are connected, and such 
other persons as contribute not less than One Dollar annually to 
jts funds. 

The affairs of the Union are conducted by a Board of twenty- 
three Managers, a Secretary and Treasurer. At least two of 
the Managers are chosen from each Evangelical Christian deno- 
mination represented in the Union. Regular meetings of the 
Board of Managers are held on the 3d Monday of each month. 

The Anniversary of the Schools of the Union occurs in May, 
and the Anniversary of the Union on the evening of the same 
day. A monthly Concert of Prayer for Sabbath Schools is held 
on the second Monday evening of every month, at the rooms of 
the Young Men's Christian Association, 22 Court street. 



BROOKLYN PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT AND 
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED MAY, 1844. 

Meet at No. 162 Fulton st., 1st and 3d Thursdays in each month. 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

Preside7ttj Alexander Campbell. 

Vice President^ John Beatty. 

Rec. Sec, William Johnson. Pin. Sec, Samuel Morand. 

Treasu7-er^ John Higginbotom. 

Librarian^ A. Morand. Assistant Lib.^ James Gilfillan. 

Shepherd, T. Shields. Guardian.^ — Carrigan, 



142 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



CLERGYMEN IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN AND COUNTY 

OF KINGS. 

Those marked thus * have no regular Pastoral charge. 



Name. 
*Atkinson, Timothy, sec, 
♦Atvvatir, E. R., editor, 
Babcock, Edward C, 
Baclieler, Francis E. M., 
♦Backus, Samuel, missionary, 
Bacon, David W. 
Baker, Samuel, D. D., 
♦Ballard, Joseph, ^j«(i>^ii7ie>", 
Bayliss, Samuel, 
Beecher, Henry Ward, 
♦Beeeher, L. F., D. D., editor, 
Bell, James J., 
*Benedict, Amzi, 
♦Bergner, Peter, missionary. 
Berry, Samuel V. (col'd.), 
Betlume, George W., D. D., 
*Billings, L., 
Black, J. L. {cord.), 
♦Blake, J., jr., 
Boh an, Andrew, 
Boice, Peter, 
♦Booth, J., 
Bowen, Charles J., 
♦Branch, George, 
Briggs, (). W., 

*Brigham, J. C, D. D., sec, 
♦Brodhead, Jacob, D. D., 
Brown, J. H. Hobart, 
♦Bull, Mitchell B., 
Buudick, Simon S. (col'd.), 
Burch, T. n., 
Burnett, William, 
♦Burrows, Waters, 
*Bush, George, 
*Camp, Harvey, 
Caufield, Eli H. 
Canny, P., 

•Carpenter, Eber, editor, 
Cassidy, Eugene. 
*Cawthorne, John, 
*Church. Phar., I>. D., editor, 
*Clark, Sylvester H., 
♦Clarke, James, P. F., 
Cochran, Samuel D., 
♦Cowell, W., 
Currie, R. O., T>. D., 
Cutler, Benjamin C, D. D., 
♦Cutting, Sewall S., editor, 
Davie, J. T. Marshall, 
*Davis, Samuel, C, 
Diekhaut, John C, 
Diller, Jacob W., 
Dowling J., 
Drowne, T. StaflFdfd, 
Dwight, Maurice W., D. D., 
*]<>ldy, Herman J., 
Elliott, H. B., 
Elmendorf, Anthony, 
*Evans, Charles, 



Dexomixation. 

Congregational, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Congregational, 

Congregational, 

Roman Catholic, 

Baptist, 

Baptist, 

Congregational, 

Congregational, 

Baptist, 

Cong. Methodist, 

Congregational, 

Methodist, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Presbyterian, 

Baptist, 

Baptist, 

Roman Catholic, 

Baptist, 

Prim. Methodist, 

Cong. (Unitarian), 

Prim. Methodist, 

Baptist, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Baptist, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Independent, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

New Jerusalem, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Roman Catholic. 

Congregational, 

Roman Catholic, 

Prim. Methodist, 

Baptist, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Congregational, 

Prim. Methodist, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Baptist, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Reformed Church, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Roman Catholic, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Baptist, 

Congregational, 

Reformed Dutch, 

Baptist, 



Residence. 

Montague street, n. Clinton. 
Division av., n. Ninth St., E. D. 
Java Street, n. Franklin. 
Carlton av., n. Lafayette av. 
State street, n. Court. 

82 York street 

Fifth street, cor. S. 5th, E. D. 

Carroll pi., n. Court street. 

80 Henry street. 

126 Columbia street 

211 Clinton street 

196 Bridge street 

Greene av., n. Cumberland st 

805 Atlantic street 

74 South 8th street E. Dist. 

Pierrepont st, cor. Monroe pi. 

Summit street, n. Hicks. 

812 South 4th street, E. Dist 

111 Lawrence street 

FMbush. 

Madison st, n. Franklin, E. D. 

152 Sands street 

Bedford av., n. Clymer street. 

18 Hart's alley. 

126 Henry street 

8 South Sth street, E. Dist 

Flathush. 

83 Cranberry street 
110 Jay street. 

Weeksville. 

7 Harrison place. 

145 High street 

191 Fulton street' 

204 Henry street 

loth, below 8d Av., E. Dist 

2 Strong place. 

42 South 3d street, E. Dist 

W. Warren street, n. Hicks. 

ISS Jay street. 

204 Bridge street 

469 Grand street E. Dist 

837 Bridge street 

211 Schermerhorn street 

207 Bridge street 

Neic TJtreclit. 

1 Sands street 

Amity street, n. Clinton. 

Flatlands. 

Graham av., n. Division av. 

jsfew Brooklyn. 

Yanderbilt av., n. Atlantic av 

Myrtle av., n. Ryerson street. 

56 Montague street 

First st, bet 6th and 7th Avat 

Quincy street n. Clas?on av. 

97 South Sth st, E. Dist 

Carlton av., n. Dekalb av. 

Gates av., n. Classon av. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



143 



Name. 

*Evans, Thomas J., 

Fanning, E. K., 

Farley, Fred. A., D. D., 

Farrell, Timothy, 

Fashing, W., 

*FernaI(l, George, 

*Field, Julius, 

Finlay, J, B., LL. D., 

Foster. E. 8., D. D., 

Fox, Henry J., 

Francis, A. S., 

Freeman, Amos N. (coVd), 

♦Fuller, Edward C, 

♦Fuller, Henry, 

Garlichs. Herman, 

*Gerry, E. J. missionary, 

♦Gilbert, Eaphael, 

Goins, Robert, {coVd), 

Goodsell, Buel, 

Gorse, Charles, 

♦Goulden, George, 

Greenleaf, Jonathan, 

Guion, Alvah, 

Guion, Thomas T., 

*Hall, Baynard E., D. D., 

♦Hamilton, William, teacher, 

♦Hand, E. C., 

Hanks, Euel, 

♦Hart, Levi W., teacher, 

Haskins, Samuel M., 

Hatfield, Eobert M., 

Hill, William T., 

Himrod, John S., 

Hodge, C. W., 

Hodife, James L., D. D., 

Hodge. M. G., 

Hogarth, William, 

Hollis, George, 

Halloway, William W., 

Holme, S. J., 

Hoyt, William B., 

Huber, Joseph. 

♦Hutchinson, Enoch, 

Huzarski, Francis, 

Hsley, Silas, 

Inskip, J. S., 

Jocelyn, Simeon S., 

Johnson, Daniel Y. M,, 

Johnson, Evan M., 

Johnson, Wm. H., city misery, 

♦Judd, Orrin B., 

♦Kaighin, Charles, 

Karr, William, 

Keegan, W., 

Kellar, Bonaventura, 

Kindler, Jacob, 

King, W. W., 

♦Kissam, Samuel, 

Kummer, J. H., 

Labagh, Abraham I., 

Labagh, Isaac P., 

♦Lanison, Samuel, 

Landon, Seymore, 

Lansing, Dyrck C, D. D., 

♦Latham, Henry, 

Law, Joseph, 

♦Law, Samuel W, 

♦Leavitt, Joshua, editor, 

Lee, Peter, (col'd), 

Lewis, William H., D. D., 



Denomination. 

Presbyterian, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Cong. (Unitarian), 

Eoman Catholic, 

Baptist, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Presbyterian, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Presbyterian, 

Presbyterian, 

Presbyterian, 

Lutheran (Ger. Evang.), 

Cong., (Unitarian), 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Baptis*, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Primitive Methodist, 

Presbyterian, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Eeformed Dutch, 

Presbyterian, 

Congregational, 

Protestant Methodist, 

Presbyterian, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Eeformed Dutch, 

Presbyterian, 

Baptist, 

Baptist, 

Presby-terian, 

Methodist Episcopal, 
Eeformed Dutch, 
Baptist, 

^Methodist Episcopal, 

Eoman Catholic, 

Baptist, 

Eoman Catholic, 

Baptist, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Congregational, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Protestant Methodist, 

Baptist, 

Primitive Methodist, 

Presbyterian, 

Eoman Catholic, 

Eoman Catholic, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Universalist, 

Eeformed Dutch, 

Moravian, 

Eeformed Dutch, 

Protestant Episcopal, 

Congregational, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Congregational, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Methodist Episcopal, 

Presbyterian, 

African Meth. Episcopal, 

Protestant Episcopal, 



Eesidence. 
225 South 1st street, E. Dist 
New Utrecht. 
70 Pacific street. 
Yanbrunt street, cor. Sullivaru 
119 Stagg street, E. Dist. 
855 Hudson av. 
49 South Sth street, E. Dist. 
Leonard St., n. Devoe, E. D. 
195 Atlantic street. 
Fifth St., n. South 5th, E. D. 
203 South 4th, E. Dist. 
162 Nassau street, 
248 Schermerhorn st. 
21 Bond sL 
117 Schermerhorn st. 
115 South Sth St., E. Dist 
8S5 Bridge sL 
Neil) York. 

Franklin av.. n. Park av. 
115 North 6th st, E. Dist 
Columbia st, cor. Yine. 
Franklin av., n. Myrtle av. 
240 South 1st st, E. Dist 
291 Jay st 

Cumberland st, n. Dekalb av. 
6 Wesley pi., 8. 2d st, E. Dist 
115 Duffield St. 

Clinton st, cor. Atlantic. 

91 South 5th St, E. Dlst 

217 Washington st 

289 Dean st. 

Jefferson st, cor. Division av. 

237 Ewen st, E. Dist 

13 Hanson pi. 

506 Atlantic st 

102 Henry st 

Union av. n. Java st 

Hewes st, n. Bedford av. 

Willoughby st, cor. Duffield. 

loth st, below. Third av. 

Montrose av., n. Ewen st, E. D. 

17 Bond st 

42 South 3d st, E. Dist 

Adams st, n. Wash'ton, E. D. 

339 Gold st 

164 Sonth 3d st, E. Dist 

22 Joralemon st 

Johnson st, cor. Pearl. 

59 Sonth 3d st, E. Dist 
3 Hanson pi. 

25 Talman st. 

86 Sands st 

82 York st 

Marion St., New Brooklyn. 

Montrose av., n. Lorimer, E, D. 

S. Wm'sburgh, Queeiis Co. 

60 State st 
263 Jay st. 
Gravesend. 
67 Summit st 

106 Willoughby st 
Fourth pi., n. Henry st 
Clinton av., n. Lafayette av. 
Yanbrunt st, opp Tremont 
Bedford av., n. Wilson st 
100 South 6th st, E. Dist 
81 Willow st 
324 Division av. 
Montague st, n. Clinton. 



144 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



Name. 
♦Lockwood, B., teacher. 
Lf)n£:fello\v, Samuel, 
*Loomis, llannan, secretary^ 
Loui;hliii, John, D. D., Ushop, 
*Lyoii, IKnry, 
Maginn, M. 
Maguire. Mnpch, 
Malone, Sylvester S., 
Manning, John H., 
March, Daniel, 
*Marsh, John, D. D., sec^y, 
♦Marshall, J. D., 
McBrair, Kobert, elder, 
McGlcery, Thomas, secretary, 
McGinness, Edward, 
McKeon, Francis, 
McLane, James, W., D. D., 
McLaughlin, P.. 
McShane, J., 
Meeker, Stephen H., 
Milcy, John, 

Mitchell, J. S., ^ ^ 

Morgan, John E. V., (col a), 
Nash, Albert, 
Neander, John, 
Newcomb, Harvey, teacher, 
Nye, II. K., 

Ogdcn, "William, elder, 
O'Neill, Patrick, 
O'Reilly, M., 
Osborn, David, 

Paddock, John A., 

Parker, H. W., 

♦Parsons, "William M., 

Patterson, David J., 

Peck, Francis, 

Perry, James H. 

*Pffister, John P., 

*Pickard, Kichard, 

Pierce, Nehemiah P., ■% 

Pise, Charles C, D. D., •. 

*Platt, Ebenezer, 

Pohle, Charles A. J., 

Porter, Elbert S., 

Potter, Dexter, 

*Prime, Samuel I., editor, 

Eatfeiner, John, 

Eamsauer, Maurus, 

*Rand, William "W., 

*Eay, J., 

Eemington, E. F., missionary, 

Eemington, Stephen, 

Reynolds, Charles, 

♦Richardson, M., 

Eoberts, Henry F., 

Rockwell, J. Edson, 

Eoss, "William II., (coVd), 

Rudder, William, 

Rushmore, S., 

Sanford, David P., 

Barles, John W., 

Sayres, S. W., 

Schenck, John W., 
Schluter, E. F., 
Bchneller, Joseph A., 
*Scofield, Michael, 
♦Schroeder, John F., D. D., 
Seymour, John, {col'd), 
♦Seymour, William W., 
Bhackcllord, John W., 



Denomination. 

Congregational, 
Cong. (Unitarian), 
Presbyterian, 
Roman Catholic, 
XJniversalist, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Reformed Dutch, 
Congregational, 
Congregational, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Christian Disciples, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Presbyterian, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Reformed Dutch, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
African Meth. Epis. 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Presbyterian (Ger.), 
Presbyterian, 
Universalist, 
Christian Disciples, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Methodist Eiiiscopal, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Congregational, 
Baptist, 

Eef. Presbyterian, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Eeformed Dutch, 
Baptist, 

Reformed Dutch, 
Roman Catholic, 
Congregational, 
Lutheran, (Ger. Evang.), 
Eeformed Dutch, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Presbyterian, 
Roman Catholic, 
Roman Catholic, 
Reformed Dutch, 
Primitive Methodist, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Bai»tist, 

Protestant Episcopal, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Presbyterian, 
African Meth. Epis., 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Methodist Episcopal, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Baptist, 

Protestant Episcopal, 
Eeformed Dutch, 
Ger. Lutheran, 
Eoman Catholic, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
African Meth. Epis., 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Protestant Episcopal, 



Eesidence. 
12S South 4th St., E. Dist 
60 Fierrepout st. 
Hanson pi, n, Portland av. 
188 Jay st. 

98 South 5th st, E. Dist 
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Myrtle av., n. Ryerson st. 
4'2 South 3d st., E. Dist. 
3d av., cor. 43d st. 
Hicks St., n. President. 
129 Joralemon st. 
Bedford av., n, Taylor st. 
153 Fulton St. 
1S8 Jay St. 

Congress st, n. Court 
17th street "• Fourth av, 
12U Fourth street E. Dist 
102 Remscn street, E. Dist 
Congress street n. Court 
N. 2d St., n. Graham av., E. D. 
77 South 2d street, E. Dist 
Flushing av., n. Division av. 
2^ew York. 

Butler street n. Smith. 

87 South 1st street, E. Dist 

90 Orange street 

94 Carlton a v. 

87 E. Baltic street 

Dean St., n. Washington av. 

Congress sti-eet n. Court. 

Classon av., n. Gates av. 

253 Livingston. 

Fulton av., n. Franklin av. 

199 Adams street 

240 Dean street 

143 Dufiield street' 

76 Cumberland street. 

Chauncey St., n. Patchin av. 

513 Grand street, E. Dist 

3d Av., n. 21st street. 

Livingston st, cor. Sidney pi. 

Putnam av., n. Downing st 

cor. Wyckoff and Smith sts. 

15 South 9th st, E. Dist. 

Ea.'^t A'eio York. 

10 Sidney place. 

126 Montrose av., E. Dist 
877 Hudson av. 

127 Columbia street 
29 Chapel street 
Verandah pi., n. Clinton st 
Franklin av., n. Dekalb av. 
85 South 9th street E. Dist 

3 Astor pi., 5th street, E. Dist 
74 Union av., E. Dist 

270 Livingston street 

Flushing, L. I. 

Flatbush. 

Carroll street, n. Hicks. 

4 Huntington pL, Powers st 
216 Schermerhorn street 

99 South 4th street, E. Dist 
Fulton av., n. Hunter street 
244 South 1st street E. Dist 
Congress street, n. Court 
Fort Hamilton. 
493 Atlantic street 
139 North 2d street E. Dist 
93 Columbia street 
Kent av., n. Myrtle av 



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Name. 
Shaw, J., 

Smitli, Nicholas E., 
Spear. Samuel T., D. D., 
*Storrs, George, ed. and pub. 
Storrs, Eichard S., D. D., 
Strong, Thomas M., D. D., 
*Syme, David, A. M., teacher, 
*Taylor, Benjamin F., 
Taylor, E. E. L., 
Thomas, Andrew, 
♦Thomas, Nathan, (cord) 
*Tillman, William, {colTd), 
*Trlppett, John, 
Van Benren, John M,, 
Van Dyke, Henry J., 
*Van Kleek, R. D., teacher. 
Vinton, Francis, D. D,, 

Walker, Kobert J., 

Wallace, M. A., LL. D„ 

Ward, J. W., 

*Webbe, William T., 

Weed, L. S., 

Weisel, Christian J. 

AVells, John D., 

*West, Josiah, 

White, Sampson, (roVd), 

Whitecar, Charles H., 

♦Whiting, N. N., 

Wilkes, Thomas, 

Wilkin, Henry S., 

Williams, James M., (cord), 

Wilson, Henry M., (cord), 

Wilson, T. P., 

Wood, J. W. B., 

Woodruff, G. W. 

Woodruff, Eobert, 

*Worrick, B. N. C, (coFd), 

* Wyckoff, Wm. II., secretary, 

♦Young, Albert, 



Denomination. 
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Eeformed Dutch, 
Presbyterian. 
Independent, 
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Eeformed Dutch, 
Presbyterian, 
Protestant Episcopal, 
Baptist, 

Associate Presbyterian, 
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Protestant Episcopal, 
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African Meth. Epis. 
Presbyterian, 
Primitive Methodist, 
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Methodist Episcopal, 
Protestant Methodist, 
Protestant Methodist, 
Baptist, 
Methodist Episcopal, 



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62 Hicks street 

64 Pierrepont street. 

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Adelphi street, cor. Greene av. 

7th street, n. Division av. 

329 Henry street. 

166i South 2d street, E. Dist. 

Dean street, Weekmille. 

Weeksville. 

63 Nassau street. 
A^eTO Lots. 

66 Clioton street 

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Grace court. 

Oxford street, n. Myrtle av. 

42 South 3d street, E. Dist. 

Java street, n. Franklin. 

391 Gold street. 

19 High St. [E. D. 

Graham av., cor. Wickoff St., 

92 South 3d street, E. Dist 

6 Washington pi., Pacific st 

11 Chapel street 

229 Jay street 

108 Second street, E. Dist, 

JSFe^o York. 

8G Monroe pi. 

20l Jay street. 

80 High street 

86 Poplar street. 

Grand street, cor. Ewen, E. D. 

151 York street 

139 North 2d street, E. Dist. 

9 Hanson place. 

146 South 1st st, E. Dist 



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KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 157 



CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY. 

ASSOCIATED AND INCORPORATED UNDER THE GENERAL 
CEMETERY ACT, AUG. 8, 1848. 

Opened for Interments, May 1st, 1849. 

Offices, 261 Broadway, N. Y"., and 6 Montague Hall, Brooklyn. 

OFFICEES FOE 1854-5. 

President, Hon. Caleb S. Woodhull. 
Vice President, Hon. Edmund Driggs. 
Treasurer, William Miles. 

TRUSTEES. 

Hon. Caleb S. Woodhull. Hon. Edmund Driggs. 
Algernon S. Jarvis. William Miles. 

Charles T. Cromwell. Robert Gr. Nellis. 

William J. Pease. 

Annual Election for Officers, 2d Tuesday in Jxily. 

General Superintendent^ Edmund Driggs, No. 91 South 2d st., 

E. District, Brooklyn. 

Surveyor and Keeper, Noyes G. Palmer. 



Agent, William H. Smith, Montague Hall, Brooklyn. 



The Cypress Hills Cemetery lies east of the city of Brook- 
lyn, on an elevated ridge of land, partly in Kings and partly in 
Queens Counties. It is about five miles from the Peck slip and 
Grand street ferries, by the Williamsburgh and Cypress Hilla 
plank road, leading to the West or Funeral Entrance, and seven 
miles from the Fulton ferry by the Myrtle avenue and Jamaica 
plank road, leading to the New or North Entrance. 

The site of the Cypress Hills Cemetery is well chosen, being 
entirely beyond, yet convenient to, the busy haunts of life. The 
Trustees acted with a wise forethought in making their selection, 
so that the dwellings of the dead should not mingle with those 
of the living. It is peculiarly favored by nature for the pur- 
pose ; the grounds being admirably adapted to its use by its un- 
dulating surface, with hill and dale, plain and slope, forest and 
clearing, in pleasing alternation. 

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158 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

in height. When it shall become necessary the grounds may 
be enlarged to 500 acres. The present area is greater than that 
of any other Cemetery in this country or Europe. 200 acres of it 
is a beautiful forest, and the remainder is made up of grounds 
bearing a luxuriant undergrowth of all the forest trees of Long 
Island, and of verdant fields, on which some twenty thousand 
ornamental trees of almost every variety have been set out to 
line the carriage roads and avenues, which, when laid out in 
accordance with the plan adopted, will extend over fifty miles. 
They will climb every hill, descend into every valley, and wind 
around beautiful lakelets, developing the beauty of the landscape 
from every point of the grounds. 

From the high range of hills on which the Observatory is 
situated, are visible almost the entire grounds of the Cemetery ; 
but the view reaches beyond its borders, stretching far away in 
every direction. Southward is seen the Atlantic ocean, bearing 
on its bosom the white-winged Clipper and the majestic Steam- 
ship. Southwest are seen the highlands of Neversink, Raritan 
Bay, and Staten Island. To the west and northwest, the city of 
Brooklyn, the city and bay of New York, the shores and hills 
of New Jersey, the Hudson and East rivers, and to the 
northeast the hills of Connecticut, are in view. Eastward lies 
the village of Jamaica, and beyond, the fields and forests of 
Long Island, stretching far away in the direction of " Montauk." 

The Cypress Hills Cemetery may be reached by several 
roads. The Long Island Kailroad trains stop, going and return- 
ing, directly opposite the Old or South Entrance several times a 
day. Fare, 13 cents. The Brooklyn and Jamaica plank road 
passes immediately in front of the principal or South Entrance to 
the grounds. Omnibuses run on this road from Holder's 
" Three Mile House," at the present terminus of the Fulton ave- 
nue City Railroad, to East New York, going and returning 
every two hours from 6 A. M. to 8 P. M. Fare by this route, 
Cars, 5 cents ; Stages, 6^ cents. 

The Williamsburgh and Cypress Hills plank road leads 
directly to the West or Funeral Entrance. Stages run on this 
road, leaving Grand and Houston street and Peck slip ferries, 
every half hour. Fare, 12-^ cents. 

The East New York line of Stages from the Eastern District 
ferries, by way of Division avenue, pass the South Entrance 
every half hour, going and returning. Fare, 12| cents. 

The Myrtle avenue and Jamaica plank road passes immedi- 
ately by the New or North Entrance. This entrance is about 
one mile nearer to the ferries by this route than the old entrance. 
No Stages run on this road at present. 



KINGS COUNTY EECORD. 159 

Access may also be had to the " Cypress Hills " by way 
of the Myrtle avenue City Railroad to Division avenue, Law- 
rence's " Franklin Hotel," and the Division avenue, East New 
York line of Stages. Fare, Cars, 5 cents; Stages, 6^ cents. 

The prices of Lots in this Cemetery are moderate, varying at 
present from $50 to $75 each, according to location. A lot con- 
* tains 400 superficial feet, being generally 16 by 25. Parts of a 
lot, but not less than a half, may be obtained at a proportionate 
rate ; making it within the ability of all to provide within the 
sacred precincts of this " City of the dead," a resting-place for 
the repose of their deceased, which shall be secure for all time 
against the invading step and ruthless hand of " progress ; " and 
which may not be forcibly alienated by any process of Law. 

The charge for a single grave for a person over twelve years 
of age, including opening, closing, and sodding, is $7. When 
less than that age, $5. The charge to owners of lots for opening, 
closing, and sodding a grave for a person over 12 years of age, 
is $3. When less than 12 years, $2. 

When graves are dug deeper than six feet, an extra charge is 
made of 25 cents for the seventh foot, 50 cents for the 8thj and 
in that ratio for every additional foot. 

All persons who bury in '• Cypress Hills " can have the use of 
the Receiving Tomb at the Cemetery, without extra charge, for 
30 days in Winter, and 10 days in Summer. 

When interments are to be made, notice is required to be 
given six hours previous to the time of interment at the Brook- 
lyn or New York Office, at the residence of the Superintendent, 
or to the Keeper at the Cemetery. 

When interments are to be made on the same day that the 
notice is given, they must be left at the Brooklyn Office before 
9, or the New York Office before 10 A. M. ; otherwise to the 
Keeper at the Cemetery. 

When interments are to be made the morning following the 
day of notice, they must be left at the New York Office before 
11 A. M., the Brooklyn Office before 12 M., or at the residence 
at the Superintendent, before 1 P. M. ; otherwise to the Keeper 
of the Cemetery. 

The office hours at the New York Office are, from 9 A. M. to 
6 P. M.; Sundays from 9 A. M. to 12 M. Office hours at the 
Brooklyn Office, from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. After office hours, 
or on Sundays or Holidays, notices may be deposited at the 
Brooklyn Post Office, addressed, Box 188; or left at the re- 
sidence of the Agent, 419 jNlyrtle avenue, cor. Clermont avenue, 
Brooklyn. 



160 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

The number of Lots disposed of up to January, 1855, was 
about 3,000. The number of interments up to February 1st, 
about 24,000. 



Persons or Societies desiring to avail themselves of the ad- 
vantages of possessing Lots in the Cypress Hills Cemetery, may 
make their purchases or selections through Mr. William H. 
Smith, Agent, Room 6 Montague Hall, City Hall Square, 
Brooklyn, who will attend to giving all information that is de- 
sired. 



THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY. 

Incorporated as a Joint Stock Company, April ]8th, 1838. 
Incorporated as an Association (of Lot Owners), April 11th, 1839. 

OPENED FOR INTERMENTS, 1842. 
Office, 53 Broadway, New York. 

OFFICERS, 1854-5. 

President^ Kobert Ray. 

Vice Preside7it^ Henry E. Pierrepont. 

Comptroller and Secretary^ Joseph A. Perry. 

TRUSTEES. 

William H. Aspinwall Joseph A. Perry. Russell Stebhins. 

Pliny Freeman. Henry E. Pierrepont. Garret G. Van Wagenen. 

George Griswold. John H. Prentice. Wm, S. Wetmore. 

Alonzo G. Hammond. Robert Ray. Wm. Augustus White. 

Jacob R. Le Roy. Cyrus P. Smith. Stephen Whitney. 

Annual Election for Officers, \st Monday in December. 

Surveyor^ Lindsay J. Wells. 

Superintendent of Interments^ William Scrimgeour, 

Superintendent of the Workmen^ George Gamgee. 

Keeper of the Gate, Nelson Bowker. 

The Green-wood Cemetery lies mostly within the limits of 
Brooklyn, on Gowanus Heights, an elevated ridge of land in 



KINGS COUNTY KECOED. 161 

the southern part of the city. A portion lies in the town of 
Flatbush. 

The Cemetery as originally laid out, contained 175 acres, 
but large additions have been made, and it now comprises 360 
acres. 

The grounds are beautifully undulating and diversified, pre- 
senting a continual change of surface and scenery, and are 
remarkably suited to the purpose for which they are appro- 
priated. 

From the higher portions within its borders are numerous 
and interestiDg views, embracing the bay and harbor of New 
York, with its islands and forts, the cities of New York and 
Brooklyn, the shores of the North and East rivers, New Jersey, 
Staten Island, the Quarantine, and numerous towns and villages 
in every direction, together with a view of the Atlantic Ocean, 
reaching from Sandy Hook to the Pavilion at Rockaway. 

The Avenues, or roadways extend about fifteen miles, con- 
ducting the visitor to every part of the Cemetery. Visitors in 
carriages, whose time is limited, can get the most satisfactory 
view of the grounds by taking the Tour, which passes in the 
vicinity of nearly all the principal objects of interest. Inviting 
foot-paths, more numerous and extensive than the roadways, 
wind round every hill, and explore every dell and shady nook. 

There are three Entrances. The old or original entrance 
with the small rustic lodge and bell-tower, at the head of Twenty- 
seventh street, is now exclusively the ingress and egress for 
funeral processions. A second entrance has been opened on the 
southern side from Martense's Lane ; and, more recently, a 
third, at the south-western angle of the inclosure : this is the 
Visitors'' Gate, it is opened daily, except Sundays and holidays, 
at sunrise, and closed, except for egress, at sunset. 

Access may be had to the Cemetery by the cars of the 
Brooklyn City Railroad every few minutes from Fulton Ferry, 
by way of Court street and Third avenue, and by stages from 
Ha.milton avenue Ferry. There are to be other Railroad lines 
with horse cars, running from Fulton, Atlantic, and Hamilton 
Avenue Ferries. Fa7'e, five cents. 

The size of a Lot in this Cemetery is 12 by 25 feet, or 300 
superficial feet. A foot is added to this on all sides for inclosure 
purposes, making the size 14 by 27 feet, or 378 superficial feet. 
The price of an ordinary Burial lot is $110; a fractional part 
but not less than one-third of a lot may be bought at a propor- 
tionate rate. When four or more lots in a group are bought by 
one or more persons, the price of each lot is $90. There are 



162 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



no extra charges for grading and keeping in order. Proprietors 
of lots, and those purchasing graves, are presented with tickets 
admitting themselves or families at all proper times. 

The charges for single graves vary according to location ; 
from $5 to $7 50 for children tinder ten years of age ; and 
from -$10 to $15 for all over that age. Two or more con- 
tiguous graves may be had for adults at $12 50 each. These 
prices include the opening and closing of the graves. The charge 
to lot owners for opening and closing graves is from $3 to $4 50 
cents for adults, and $2 to $3 50 for children under ten 
years of age ; the variation in price is in consideration of the 
depth required to be dug. 

Interments in Permanent Tombs maybe had at $15 each for 
adults ; $5 for children under two years, and $7 50 for children 
over two and under twelve years of age. 

Notice of interments to be made is required to be given at the 
office, or to the superintendent of Interments at the Cemetery, on 
the day previous to the interment if possible. After office hours, 
or on Sundays and holidays, written notices may be left at Rob- 
ertson's Livery stable in State street, near Henry, Brooklyn. A 
Keceiving Tomb is provided, which is free to lot owners, and 
those who intend to become owners, for twenty days in summer, 
and if deposited in winter, may remain until spring. 

The number of lots sold up to April 1st, 1855, was 8,815. 
Number of interments to that time, 40,475. 



THE CEMETERY OF THE EVERGREENS. 

ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AND INCORPORATED 1849. 

Offices, 304 Broadway, N. Y., and BoY Fulton street, Brooklyn. 

OFFICEES, 1855. 

President, Luther Bradish. 
Vice Presidents, William B. Crosby, Edward Copland. 
Treasurer, Levi Dodge. 
Cor^iptroller and Secretary, William M. Boerum. 

TRUSTEES. 

Sylvester M. Beard. Henry L. Cotheal. 

Luther Bradish. Wm. B. Crosby. 

Edward Copland. A. P. Cummiugs. 

Samuel E. Johnson. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 163 



Superintendent^ P. Mullallj. 

Counsel, Wm. C. Prime. Topographer, H. B. Hammond. 

Rural Architect, J. Downing. 

Mo7iumental Architect, Charles Blesch. 

General Agent, Wm. C. Kneeland. 

The Cemetery of the Evergreens lies in both Kings and 
Queens Counties, the county lines intersecting it. A portion 
lies in the southeastern extremity of what was formerly the 
town of Bushwick and now included in the limits of the city 
of Brooklyn. The Cemetery comprises one hundred and twelve 
acres. _ The privilege was granted to increase it to five hundred 
acres if required ; but the Association have been authorized by 
the Legislature, in answer to a petition, to sell a portion of its 
present area. 

The grounds are finely located, embracing every variety of 
surface and soil suitable for the purpose, beautifully interspersed 
with hill and dale, wood and water, forest solitude, and open 
lawns, in a manner to convey a sense of pleasure, even in a place 
connected with such solemn associations. 

The scenery within and around it presents many charming 
views which cannot be surpassed in variety or beauty, and are 
tastefully developed by science and art. From the more elevated 
portions of the Cemetery are seen in near and distant prospec- 
tive, the cities of New York and Brooklyn, numerous villages, 
the ocean, a long line of sea shore, the Sound, and the Palisades 
of the Hudson. 

The roadways extend about ten miles, traversing over and 
around the grounds in every direction. In following them 
through their various windings, the visitor will have brought into 
view in succession, the many picturesque aspects of its internal 
arrangements, and the magnificent prospects beyond its borders. 

A gateway gives ingress on the southeast from the Brooklyn 
and Jamaica plank road. A broader gateway gives ingress on 
the northeast from the Williamsburgh plank road at the corner 
of Cooper avenue. The main Entrance is on the west from 
Bushwick Road. 

The Cemetery is open to visitors every day of the week. The 
gates are opened at sunrise, and closed (for entrance) at sunset. 
Schools and other large assemblages of persons are admitted to 
this Cemetery by special permission. 

The lots of this Cemetery vary in size from 100 to 400 feet 
in area. The price for a lot of 400 square feet is from $60 to 



164 BROOKLYN OITY AND 

$70. Lots of less size at proportionate rates. When four full 
lots are taken in a group by one or more persons, a deduction of 
20 per cent, will be made from the single lot price. A payment 
of $10 secures a lot, and a credit of three months for the balance. 
The payment of $20, six months' credit. 

The prices for single graves range from $7 to $10 for adults, 
and $5 to $8 for children under 10 years. The price to owners 
of lots for opening a grave therein is $2 50 or more, accord- 
ing to depth, for adults ; and $2 or more for children. The pri- 
vilege of the Keceiviug Tomb extends to 30 days. Of inter- 
ments to be made, notice should be given at the ofl&ce, or to the 
keeper at the Cemetery, on the day previous to the interment, if 
possible. After office hours, or on Sundays and holidays, appli- 
cation maybe made to the Comptroller, William M. Boerum, at 
his residence in Brooklyn, or to the keeper at the Cemetery. 



MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY. 

INCORPORATED 1850. 
Office, 684 Broadway, New York. 

OFFICERS. 

President^ Noah Waterbury. 

Vice President^ Rev. Samuel M. Haskins. 

Treasurer^ Hon. Jas. Maurice. 

Secretary and General Agent^ David Longworth. 

Keeper of the Grounds^ Charles Dobson. 

Architects^ Surveyor^ 

Wills & Dudley. J. Barnitz Bacon. 

Mount Olivet Cemetery is situated near Maspeth, Queens 
County, Long Island, three and a half miles distant from the 
Grand and Houston street ferries, Eastern District (late 
Williamsburgh) ; and is accessible by several roads leading out 
of that section of Brooklyn. 

The Inclosure embraces an area of about fifty acres. The 
grounds, at every step, present beautiful changes of surface and 
scenery, being pleasingly diversified with hill and dale, wood and 
"water, lawn and thicket. Meandering roads, walks, and paths, 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 165 



laid out to suit the natural surface, traverse every part of the 
inclosure. 

The Locality is erainentlv rural, and so far retired from the 
busy throng of active life, as almost to exclude the possibility of 
any disturbance in the future from the advancing tide of a city 
population. ^ 

The size of lots is 16 by 20 feet, or 320 feet superficial meas- 
ure. One foot in addition is allowed all around for inclosure 
purposes, making the size 18 by 22, or 396 superficial feet. 

The price of a full lot is $55 ; half lot $35. When four or 
more lots are taken in a group, by one or more persons, they 
are sold at the rate of $45 a lot. No charges are made for 
grading, or the ordinary care of lots. Single graves may be had 
at from $8 to $12 for adults, and $5 to $7 for children under 
ten years of age. 

Permanent interments may be had in tombs provided for the 
purpose, at $15 each for adults, $7 50 for children under twelve 
years of age, and $5 for children under two years. 

^ The use of a Keceiving Tomb is allowed for twenty days, $2 
being charged for opening and closing it for the accommodation 
of the friends depositing the remains. 

The charge to lot owners for opening and closing a grave is 
from $3 to $4 50 for adults, and $2 to $3 50 for children under 
ten years. 

p^ Notices for interments to be made, may be given at the office 
m New York, or to the keeper at the Cemetery, the day before 
the interment, if possible. After office hours, or on Sundays 
and holidays, written notices may be left with the secretary, at 
No. 38 Sixth street, near South 5th, Eastern District (late 
vYilliamsburgh). 



CALVARY CEMETERY. 

Under the direction of the Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral, K Y. 

President^ 

Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D., Archbishop. 

Office, 81 Marion street, N'ew York. 

The Calvary Cemetery is situated on Laurel Hill, in 
Queens County, Long Island, just beyond the borders of Brook- 
lyn, on the North side of Newtown Creek. It comprises about 



166 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

29 acres. The price of a full lot containing 256 superficial feet, \ 
is $200, a quarter section $75. For a single grave, $10. j 

Access is had to the Cemetery by a ferry from foot of East: 
23d street, New York, to the landing near the Cemetery, oui 
Newtown Creek, boats running from 8 A. M. till sundown ; fare, j 
four cents. It may be reached by the other upper ferries fromi 
New York, and several roads leading from them to the vicinity 
of the Cemetery. 



CITIZENS' UNION CEMETERY. 

INCORPORATED NOVEMBER 8, 1851. 
OFFICEES 1855. 

President, William L. Nicholas, 67 Wall street, New York, i 

Vice Preside?2t, Cary N. Harris. 

Secretary, George H. Dixon, 117 Elizabeth street, New York. 

Treasurer, John Osborn. 

TRUSTEES. 

Chairman, Thomas R. Barnswell, 336 Third street, New York, 
and 339 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 

Se'cretao'y of Board, William T. Dixon, 117 Elizabeth street, 

New York. 

Thomas Jackson, Paul Pontau, 

John Osborn, Sylvanus Smith, 

Robert J. Williams. 

Keeper of Ground, Cary N. Harris. ^ 

Regular meetings of the Officers and Trustees are held on the first 
Thursday in each month, at 117 Elizabeth street, New York. The annual 
election is held at the regular meeting in November. 

The Citizens' Union Cemetery is about four miles from 
either of the Brooklyn Ferries. It is situated to the west of 
the Hunterfly Road, between Butler and Sackett streets, and 
Rochester and Ralph Avenues, in the Ninth Ward of the city 
of Brooklyn. The principal entrance is from Butler street, 
opposite Bufialo avenue, on the North. 

The Cemetery Association own 29| acres of ground, 12 of 
which are appropriated for the Cemetery ; the remainder being 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 167 

designed for building lots. It is organized under the general 
law of the State applying to associations for the establishment 
of rural cemeteries, and the incorporation of the same. It was 
designed more particularly as a burial place for the colored, upon 
whom is placed the ban of the white man, debarring them from 
political and social equality in life, and forbidding the comming- 
ling of their dust in death. 

The cemetery is favorably located, the ground is pleasingly 
diversified in surface, and presents many picturesque and varied 
scenes from numerous points on the roads, avenues, and pathways 
which are laid out. 

The land is divided into plats, each containing 400 superficial 
feet. A part of the plats are subdivided into quarters and eights, 
lots and half lots. The prices are as follows : a plat $50 ; lot, 
10 by 20 feet, fronting on an avenue, $30; the same fronting on 
a pathway, $25; a half lot, 10 by 10 feet, fronting on an avenue, 
$15 ; the same fronting on a pathway, $12 50. 

The charges for opening and closing graves in private lots 
are as follows : for adults $3, for children under ten years of age 
$2. For re-opening and closing a grave, adults $2, children 
under ten years $1 50. 

The Trustees with a commendable liberality proffer ground 
for a burial free to the poor ; the only charges made being for 
opening and closing the grave, as follows : adults, $3 50, children 
under ten years of age, $2, under one year $1 50. For re- 
opening and closing a grave for an adult, $2 50, children under 
ten years, $1 50, under one year, $1. 

The Trustees of this cemetery have no rule which excludes 
any person from sepulture within its borders, on account of com- 
plexion, and they cordially invite all who are without prejudice 
to inspect the grounds, and if pleased with its locality and ar- 
rangement, and the reasonable rates for lots, to unite with them 
and others in adorning and perpetuating the Citizens' Union 
Cemetery. 

Persons desiring to avail themselves of the advantages of this 
cemetery may apply to either of the trustees or Ofiicers of the 
association. 



168 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



ANCIENT AND HONORABLE FRATERNITY OF FREE 
AND ACCEPTED MASONS. 

most worthy grand i.odcje of the ancient and hono- 
rable fraternity of free and accepted jjiasons of 
the state of ne^v york. 

(under the old constitution.) 

Meets quarterly at No. COO Broadway, New York, on the 1st Tuesday in 
June (the Annual Communication), and the 1st Tuesday in September, 
December, and March. 

OFFICERS, 1S55. 

Grand Master ^ M. W. & Hon., Mordecai Myers, Schenectady. 
Dcp. G. Master, Rt. W., Nathaniel F. ^Yiil•mg, Brooklyn. 

F. G. Master, M. W., Isaac Phillips. 

Sen. G. Warden, Rt. W., James Jenkinson, Albany. 

Jun. G. Warden, " " Oliver C. Denslow, Westchester Co. 

Grand Secretary, " " James Herring, Brooklyn. 

Grand Treas., " '• John Horspool, Neio York. 

Ass^t Grand Sec, " *' Frederick W. Herring, JVew York. 

Grand Chaj^lain, " " & Rev. E. M. Johnson, Brooklyn. 

Grand Cliaplain. " " Edward Cook, New York. 

Grand Marshal, " " John Mansfield, Neio York. 

G. St\l Bearer, " "- John W. Hudswell, Neio York. 
G. Sword Bearer, " '• Daniel West, Neio York. 

rW.j John Solomons, New York. 
^ , o. 7 I " Andrew Demarest, Brooklyn. 

Grand Stewards,^ ,, ^^ ^ Monntfort, W York. 

\_ " William H. 'Norris, Brooklyn. 

Sen. G. Deacon, " Rudolph Aeby, New York. 

Jun. G. Deacon, " John B. Willis, New York. 

Grand Tiler, " Greenfield Pote, Neio York. 

The Grand Stewards' Lodge of Charity, meets on the last 
Friday of each month. Applications for Charity may be made 
at the Grand Secretary's ofiice, 600 Broadway, New York, 
daily, when one of the Grand Stewards will be in attendance. 

The Permanent Funds of the Grand Lodge Invested, is 
about $30,000, of which sum about $12,000 is for the benefit of 
the Hall and Asylum Fund. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORB. 169 



SUBORDINATE LODGES IN KINGS COUNTY. 
DELTA, No. 144, Meets at 166 Fulton street, 1st and 3d Fridays. 

George Cross, W. M. W. H. Cross, Treas. 

James R. Schenck, >S'. W. Rem R. Hegeman, 8. D. 

James Devaucene, J. W. J. F. Cross, /. D. 

C. W. Holdridge, Sec. James Pinckerton, Tiler. 

FORTITUDE, No. 19, Meets at 166 Fnlton St., 1st and 3d Wednesdays. 

John August, W. M. Piatt Powell, Treas. 

John Leach, ^. W. Andrew Dezendorff. S D ' 

Edwin M. Dezendorff, J. W. John Reigart, ' J. D 

B. Frank Browne, Sec. J. H. McCormick, Tiler. 

HOHENLINDEN, No. 56, Meets at 166 Fulton St., 2d and 4th 

Wednesdays. 

Edward Pell, W. M. John Harron, Treo,s. 

Leslie Donnelly, ^S. W. Henry Adair, S. D 

Wm. H. Van Voorhis, J. W. John Green, J, D.* 

J. Jamison, Sec. Richardson, Tiler. 

OLTMANS, No. 141, Oltmans' Hall, Graham av. cor. McKibbon st 
E. District, 1st and 3d Fridays. 

Henry Oltmans, W. M. Henry Platte, Treas 

George Distler, S. W. Charles Bethon, S. D ' 

John Willss, J. W. F. Moucher, J. B 

W. F. Reuger, Sec. A. Wilson, THer. 

Henry Oltmans, Rep. 



CLINTON ENCAiMPMENT, No. 14 of KNIGHTS TE3IPLARS, 166 
Fulton street. 4th Friday in each month. 

John H-rron, M. E. G. C. Nathan B. Morse, Se7i. W. 
Lawrence Powers, Gen. James M. Twiss, Jim. W. 

Samuel Hart, Capt Gen. R. S. Church, Warder. 

William C. Lee, Prelate. Geo. L. Thatcher, Recorder. 

Nathaniel F. Waring, Treas. 

Fast Grand Comma7iders. 

John Van Duyne. Lawrence Powers. 

George L. Thatcher. Nathaniel F. Waring, 
Samuel Hart. 
8 



170 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



NASSAU ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, No^ 109, ICG Fulton street, 1st 

Henry J. Willett, M. E. H. P. 
J. Theodore Brush, King. 
Nathan'lF. Waring, Scribe. 
Lawrence Powers, C. H. 
John August, R. -A.. C. 

John Harron, P. S. 



Andrew Demarest, M. \st V. 
Geo. L. Thatcher, M. 2d V. 
John Van Duyne, ill. M V. 
Geo. W. Stilwell, Sec'y. 
Piatt Powell, Treas. 

J. H. McCormick, Sentinel. 



GRAND I.ODGE OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE FRA- 
TERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, OF THE STATE 
OF NEW YORK. 

Meets at "Masonic Temple," Crosby Street, corner of Broome, Is^ew York, 
on the first Tuesday in March, June, September, and December. 



Grand Master, 
Dep. G. Master, 
Sen. G. Master, 
Jun. G. Warden, 
Grand Secretary, 
Grand Treasurer, 



Grand Chaplains^ 

Gra7id Marshal, 
Grand St^d Bearer, 

Grand Sw\l Bearer, 

Grand Stewards, 

Sen. G. Beacon, 
Jun. G. Deacon, 
Grand Organist, 
Grand Pursuivant, 
Gra7id Tiler, 



OFFICERS 1S54-5. 

M. W., Joseph D. Evans, Neio York. 
R. W., John L. Lewis, ^r.,Penn Yan. 
R. W., Finlay M. King, Port Byron. 
R. W., James Hyde, Richfield. 
R. W., James M. Austin, M.D., N. Y. 
R. W., Chas. L. Church, " " 
[R. W., & Rev. Salem Town, LL. D., 

Aurora. 
^ R. AY., & Pvev. James H. Perry, 
I Brooklyn. 

LR. W., &Rev. John Gray, Neivburgh. 
R. W., Charles Scholey, Neiv York. 
R. W., John S. Perry, Troy. 
R. W., Daniel Van Riper, Williams- 
burgh. 
R. W., Jarvis M. Hatch, Rochester. 
W., N. C. Gridley, Neiv York. 
W., Julian Allen, " " 
W., S. H. Dickinson, Fredonia. 
W., Royal G. Millard, Neiv York. 
Rro., Henry C.Watson," " 
W., D. H. Van Sice, " " 
W., Sewall Pisk, " " 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. I7l 



SUBORDINATE LODGES IN KINGS COUNTY. 
ANGI.O SAXOIV, No. 137, Freeman's Hall, Thursdays. 

^i^^f l^T Walden, W. M. W. N. Woodcock, Treas. 

iu-v- ^'^\^.r^l ^- ^ J- ^^- Williams, S. D. 

Phihp E. Walden, J. W. Kichard Butler, /. D 

Thomas T. Outerbridge, Sec. ^Vm. W. Oakford, Tile?' 
Daniel T. Walden, Rej). 



BROOKl^irN, No. 288, corner Court and Joralemou streets, 

R. D^McChesney, W. M. Isaac Hall, Treas, 

i?."-,-^-^}'^^^^^' '^'- "^^ ^a»iel M. Cumiskey, iS. Z) 

Ehsha Bliss jr., J. W. Aaron A. Degrauw,/. i). 

John M. Beilly, &c. John T. Hackett, Tiler. 

Eobert D. McChesney, Rep. 



CENTRAI., No. 14, ^delpWjtre^^, corner Myrtle avenue, 

Gustavus Swan, W. M. G-. S. Haydock, Sec. 

Alden. S. Crowell, S W, Thomas J. Berry S D 

A Prescott, /. W. Thomas Wilders,'/. 2>." 

W. H. Husted, Treas. F. Arbona, Tiler 



HYATT, No. 205, Masonic Hall, E. Dist., 1st and 3d Tuesdays. 

Henry Wright, T^M Alexander Stiles, Treas. 

n ?,^^T' ^- ^ J«^^ W. Falconer, 5'. i) 

S^?Tw • |^^°^^<^' *^- ^- Abel C. Willmarth, /. D 

Kalph W. Kenyon, Sec. Henry Van Buren, Tiler ' 

Henry Wright, Rep. 

JOPPA, No. 201, ««rner^€ourt^and Joralemon streets, 

Robert Whidden, W. M M. A. Briggs, Treas. 

George W. Hand, S W. Thomas J. Humphrey, S, D. 

Edward Swanton, J. W. John Suydam, /. JD 

Richard Sharp, ^,?c. John T. Hackett, Tiler 



172 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



I.EXINGTON. NO. 310, corner Court and Joralemon streets, 
' Mondays. 

William C. Jones, T^ M. ^' "^'yj^\^'''Z c.^ 

John E. Johnson, S. W. John J Reynolds S_ D. 

Robert A. Wright, /. W. ?l^Vw f h TO.r 

Hugh S. Dunbar, Sec. John T. Hackett, Tilei. 

]^IARSH, No. 188, Masonic Hall E. District, Thursdays. 

William H. Wood, W. M. J. P. M Higgins T.ms. 

William Lewis, S. W. Robert Whiting, S D. 

William Hoggett, /. W. David Mannering, J.D, 

John B. Stoothoff, Sec. Henry Van Buren, liler. 

D Van Riper, Charles H. Foster, Kex^s. 



which time, every other week. 

R. F. Sage, W. M. L- H. Sage Treas 

Thomas S. Pope, S W. D. B. Denslow 6^D. 

William Matthews, J. W. a. A. Hicks /i;. 

John P. Puffer, Sec. John T. Hackett, Tiler. 

SCHIEEER, No. 304, Graham avenue, corner of Mc. Kibben 
*^****' ' street, East District, Fridays. 

John J. Wolff, W. M. Henry Redenbach, Sec. 

Edward Roehr, S W. Fred. Engelhaupt, Treas. 

Philip Seitz, J. W. John J. Wolff, it^e^. 

STAR OF BETHEEHEM, No. 322, corner Court and Jorale- 
**'*^*"* mon streets, Fridays. 

Ames C. Page, W. M. S. C Foote, Treas. 

Arthur T. Boyce, S W. Benjamin Price, 5f.i^. 

W. A. Batcheller, /. W. J. L- Dunham, J. IX 

■ John T. Hall, Sec John T. Hackett, Tzler. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 173 



ENCAMPMENTS OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. 

GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE STATE OF NETT ¥ORK. 

Meets annually at Albany, on the Friday succeeding the 1st Tuesday in 

February. 

J. W. Simons, G. M. Peter Brewer, G. Sen W. 

P. P. Murphy, D. G. M. T. S. Edwards, G. Jun. W. 

A. L. Sherman, G. Gen. William H. Drew, G. StM B. 

Leroy Farnham, G. Capt. Gen. Samuel Graves, G. Sw'd B. 
Salem Town, G. Prelate. M. J. Drummond, G. W. 



ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. 
GRAND CHAPTER, 

Meets annually at Albany, on the 1st Tuesday in February. 

J. S. Perry, G. H. P. P. p. Murphy, G. K 

Charles L. Church, D. G. H. P. S. Gilbert, G. S. 
John 0. Coles, Grand Sec. 



I5ROOKI.YN CHAPTER, No. 148, R. Arch M., 343 Fulton St., 

Wednesdays, * 

M. J. Drummond, ilf. E. H. P. W. N. Puffer, M. \st V. 

Thomas R. Crocker, King. Henry Wright, M. 2d V, 

Bradley Parker, Scribe. John White, M. Sd V. 

John M. Eeilly, C. H. Lanson Boyer, Sec. 

William Bradley, P. S. J. E. Johnson, Treas. 

Edward Stearns, R. A. C. W. W. Oakford, Sentinel 



BE WITT CI^INTONCHAPTER, No. 142 R. Arch HI., Masonic 
Hall, East Bistrict, ITIondays. 

William T. Seaman, M.E. H. P. William M. Johnson. M. \st V. 
George B. Sturges, King. Henry Lewis, M. 2d V. 

James McGibbon, Scribe. Samuel Adams, M. Sd V. 

William H. Wood, C. H. Samuel D. Burras Sec 

Fred. Engelhaupt, R. A. C. Francis F. Laramee, Treas 
David Mannering, P. S, Ashley Owens, Sentinel. 



174 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



GRAND COUNCIL OF R. & S. MASTERS, STATE OF NEW YORK 

Meet annually at Masonic Temple, New York, on the 1st Tuesday in June. 

M. P. G. Master^ M. J. Drummond. 

jD. p. G. Master, J. B. Yates Summers. 

G. T. Ill Master^ John J. Tindale. 

G. P. C. of W.^ H. L. F. Bunting. 

G. C. of G.f James H. Lane. 

G. Rec, Philip Pritchard. 

G. Treas. D. S. Sinclair. 

G. Chaplain, John W. Simons. 

G. Steward, W. W. Ward. 

G. Sentinel, Sewall Fisk. 



BROOKIiYN COUNCIIi, No. 4, of R. & S. IW[. 

Meets at 343 Fulton street, last Wednesday in each month. 

J. Theodore Brush, T, J. G. M. J. E. Johnson, C. of G. 
Bradley Parker, J. D. G. M. Thomas R. Crocker, G. S. 
William Bradley, P. c. W. Edward Stearns, Treas. 

Lanson Boyer, Recorder. 



CASSIA (Masonic) IL.OI>GE, No. 4, Grand street, corner Fifth* 
JB. District, Fridays. 

R. S. Van Tassell, W. M. John Richards, Treas. 

Benj. C. Martin, S. W. Henry N. Rothery, S. B. 

William J. Scott, J. W. Barnard Cosgrove, J. D. 

William M. Scott, Sec. A. S. Whitman, Tiler. 

R. S. Van Tassell, Rep. 



INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 

R. W. GRAND LODGE OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 

Annual Meeting, \st Wednesday in August ; Semi-annual Meeting, \st 

Wednesday in February ; Stated Meetings, 1st Thursday in 

November and May. 

Meet at Odd Fellows' Hall, New York City. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 175 



OFFICEES, 1854-5. 

M. W. G. Master, John G. Clayton. 

R. W. D. G. Master, D. W. C. Langdon. 

R. W. G. Warden, W. W. L. Voorhis. 

R. TV. G. Secretary, J. J, Davies. 

R. TV. G. Treasurer, Joseph R. Taylor. 

TV. Grand Chaplain, Rev. John Gray 

TV. Grand Marshall, J. J. Byram. 

TF. Grand Conductor Alvin Pease. 

W. Grand Guardian, George Sharp. 

W. Grand Herald, Samuel McDonald. 

R. W. Grand Rep's to G L. of U. S. 
Andre Froment, James W. Hale. 



SUBORDINATE LODGES IN KINGS COUNTY. 

DISTRICT NO. 3. 

William Turton, Dist. Dep. G. Master, Residence 106 
Third street, East District. 

CRUSADERS , No. 61, Iiiberty Hall, E. Dist., Thursdays. 

Moses A. Munn, N. G. Peter Mclntyre, Sec. 

Thomas Leach, V. G. James Gallaudet, Treas. 

Andrew Smith, Rep. 



RFNGS COUiVTY, No. 45, North 1st, cor. Fifth, E. Dist., Wednesdays. 

Demas Strong, iV. G. "Wm. H. Hickcox, Sec. 

Richard Lewis, V. G. T. W. Boyd, Treas. 

Wm. H. Hickcox, Rep. 



MOUNT ARARAT, No. 396, Odd Fellows' Hall, Greenpoint, 

Wednesdays. 

Charles Ostrander, iV". G. George Whitney, Sec. 
Andrew Kemble, V. G. Henry Dickson, Treas. 
Edward F. Rew, Rep. 



WASHINGTON DEGREE, No. 14, L,iberty Hall, E. Dist., 1st and 3d 

Fridays. 

William Dunscomb, iV. G. Jas. P. Cruickshank, Sec. 
George Nocoll, V. G. E. Hopkins, Treas. 



176 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



WIL.L,IA31 TELiIi, No. 347, I^iberty Hall, E. Dist., Thursdays. 

George Ratliman, N. G. Herman Schneider, Sec. 
Savier Haviland, V. G. Adam Balzer, Treas. 

Francis Brendle, Charles Keil, Rep^s. 



DISTRICT, NO. 4. 
Ephraim B. Shaw, Dist. Dep. G. Master^ Residence, 37 Butler 

IVANHOE, No. 357, 345 Fulton St., Wednesdays. 

Robert Kenny, N. G. James E. Warner, Sec. 
Thomas E. Boone, V. G. George W. Smith, Treas. 
A. W. 0. Spooner, Rep. 



MAGNOIilA, No. 166, Henry st. cor. Atlantic, Thursdays. 

Thomas Campsie, N. G. Henry W. Karn, Sec. 
James Scott, V. G. Peter Reid, Treas. 

J. W. Morse, Rep. 



MONTAGUE, No. 153, 345 Fulton St., Tuesdays. 

John E. Solomon, N. G. Daniel Van Yoorhis, Sec. 
Charles W. Hubbell, V. G. Edward Ralph, jr., Treas. 
H. F. Fairbank, iic/;. 



STIRIiING, No. 190, 345 Fulton St., Mondays. 

James Herring, iV. G. F. W. Herring, Sec. 

Thomas A. Whittaker, V. G. Horace E. Ketchum, Treas. 
Pardon W. Kenyon, Rep. 



UNION, No. 437, 246 Court st. coi-. Sackett, Tuesdays. 

John W. Wilson, N. G. Henry Thomas, Sec, 
Charles B. Fish, V. G. Wm. H. Hazzard, Treas. 

William H. Hazzard, Rep. 



DISTRICT, NO. 5. 

Isaiah Uffendill, Dist. Dep. G. Master ^ Residence, cor. Smith 

and E. Baltic. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 177 

CORNUCOPIA, No. 306, Granada Hall, Wednesdays. 

William Uris, N. G. H. B. Davison, Sec. 

George W. Jones, V. G. William Bowen, Treas. 
James Raflford, Rep, 



GRANADA, No. 288, Granada Hall, Mondays. 

George C. Herman. iV. G. James B. Barney, Sec. 
A. L. Desendorf, V. G. W. H. D. Brownson, Treas. 
James B. Barney, Rep. 



tONG ISIiAND, No. 63, Adelphi Hall, Fridays. 

Romeo Friganza, N. G. William Hyde, Treas. 

George Sprague, V. G. Thomas Moody, Fer. Sec. 

John P. Gregson, Sec. Romeo Friganza, Rep. 



MYRTtiE, No, 194, Granad^ Hall, Tliursdays. 

Robert White, iV. G. H. S. Van Orden, Sec. 
George St. Clair, V. G. John Oliver, Treas. 

George Dick, Rep. 



STEUBEN, No. 133, Granada Hall, Tuesdays. 

Purgold St. Christian, N. G. J. C. Hufnagel, Sec. 
Conrad Herrwig, V. G. Frederick Ocks, Treas. 

Louis Gilbert, Rep. 



THE TVOODS, No. 345, Nctw Utrecht, Saturdays. 

Joel C. Aumack, N. G., Residence, Gravesend. 
Nicholas Ryder, V. G., " New Utrecht. 

Stephen Aumack, Sec, " Gravesend. 

George J. Kibbee, Treas. ^ " New Utrecht. 

Oliver Vincent, Rep., 



DISTRICT No. 6. 
M. A. BriggSj Dist. Dep. G. Master, Residence 72 Fulton st. 

ATJLANTIC, No. 50, Montague Hall, Mondays. 

W. Rawson, N. G. N. W. Van Duyne, Treas. 
John Young, V. G. B. Carter, Per. Sec. 

John P. Puffer, Sec. 

Edwin Swanton, J. Spaford, Rep^s. 

8* 



178 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

BROOKIilTN, No. 26, City Central Hall, Tuesdays. 

James Milligan, iV. G. Alexander Petrie, Treas. 
Matthew Pattison, F. G. John Curtis, Per. Sec. 

John Donald, Sec. 

M. A. Briggs, John Stevenson, Rep^s. 



FRAIVKL.IN DEGREE, No. 13, ITTontague Hall, 1st and 3d 

Saturdays. 

Edwin Swanton, N. G. John Curtis, Sec. 

Nicholas L. Pettit, V. G. A. W. 0. Spooner, Treas. 



GOWANUS, No. 423, Go\i^aniis, Tuesdays. 

James Tandy, iV. G. Alexander Galloway, Treas. 
William Ward, V. G. George Alger, Per. Sec. 

George Baxter, Sec. Richard Ward, Hep. 



inUIiTIFEORA, No. 429, City Central Hall, Mondays. 

James Gillispie, N. G. Henry Noe, IVeas. 
A. Smith, V. G. William Burrill, Per. Sec. 

J. Wright, Sec. William Burrill, Rep. 



NASSAU, No. 39, ]?Iontag:ue Hall, Thursdays. 

John Webber, N. G. J Ketchum, Treas. 
Henry Symons, V. G. G. Strong, Per. Sec. 

W. Y. Warner, Sec. D. H. Atkins, Re2J. 



GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK. 

Annual Session, 1st Monday in August ; Semi-annual Session, 1st Monday 

in February. 

Meet at Odd Fellows' Hall, New York City. 
OFPICEES, 1854-5. 

M. W. Grand Patriarch, Andre Froment. 

M. E. Grand High Priest, George Smith. 

R. W. Grand Senior Warden, Hiram Allen. 

R. W. Grand Scribe, John J. Davies. 

R. W. Grand Treasurer, Joseph R. Taylor. 

R. W. Grand Junior Warden, A. P. West. 
R. W. Grand Rep. to G. L. U. S.j N. B. Mountfort. 

Grand Guardian, Samuel McDonald. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 17^ 



SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS IN KINGS CO. 

M. A. BriggSj Dist. Dep. G. Patriarchy Residence 72 Fulton st. 
MIZPfM, No. 15, 345 Fulton st., 1st and 3d Fridays. 

Daniel Van Voorhis, C. P. Edward R. Gillespie, /. W. 
Henry F. Fairbank, H. P. James M. Morse, Scribe. 
John F. Solomon, *S. W. Pardon W. Kenjon, Fin. Scribe, 



mOUNT PISOAH, IVo. 26, I^iberty Hall, E. Dist., 3d and 4tb 

Fridays. 

Charles Bradmiller, C. P. Jacob Yerdeckberg, J. W. 
A. McKenna, H. P. William Dunscomb, Scribe. 

Andrew Smith, S. W. Jas. P. Cruickshank, Treas. 



SAJLEM, No. 5, Montague Hall, 2d and 4tli Saturdays. 

James Milligan, C. P. Edwin Swanton, /. W. 

D. W. C. Langdon, H. P. John Stevenson, Scribe. 

N. L. Pettit, S. W. John Curtis, Fin. Scribe. 



R. W. GRAND LODGE OP NORTHERN NEW TORE. 

Meets annually in August, at such place as may be decided by vote at a 
previous session. The next session will be held at Buffalo, N. Y. 

OFFICEES 1854-5. 

M. W. Grand Master^ Tracy R. Morgan. 

R. W. D. G. Master., Francis Seger. 

R. W. G. Warden, Edgar C. Dibble. 

R. W. G. Secretary, Wm. H. H. Prall. 

R. W. G. Treasurer, Sullivan N. Smith. 

W, Grand Chaplain. Rev. Albert W. Bruce 

W. Grand Marshal, Erasmus D. Robinson. 

W. Grand Conductor, Norwood Bowne. 

W. Grand Guardian, George B. Eraser, 

W. Grand Herald, Abraham Fredendhall. 

R. W. Grand Representatives to Grand Lodge of U. S. 
William Hopkins and John L. Lewis. 



180 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



SUBORDINATE LODGES IN KINGS CO. 
Under the Jurisdiction of the R. W. G. Lodge of Northern N. Y. 

Cornelius A. Marvin, Dist. Dep. G. M. residence Monta- 
gue, corner Henry. 

EAGtiE, No. 94, Odd Fellows' Hall, Court street, Thursdays. 

Charles Beck, N. G. A. C. Entricken, P. Sec. 

Geo. C. Thompson, V. G. Sam'l. Henderson, Treas. 

Cornelius A. Marvin, Rep. 



FUIiTON, No. 66 , Odd Fellows' Hall , Court street, Wednesdays. 

George Kirk, N. G. Peter W. Birck, Sec. 

Henry Marsh, V. G. F. W. J. Brooks, F. Sec, 

Henry Brant, Treas. R. J. Whitney, Rep. 



MONTAUK, No. 327, Odd Felloivs' Hall, Court street, 

Mondays. 

Jeremiah Box, N. G. P. N. Hardenburgh, Sec. 

Ferdinand Geldowsky, V. G. John Moore, Per. Sec. 
John H. Lash, Treas. Bethuel Rogers, Rep. 



PRINCIPFiE, No. 170, Odd Fellows' Hall, Court street, 

Tuesdays. 

Walter Barre, N. G. C. H. Leistner, Sec. 

Robert S. Underbill, V. G. Richard Sharp, Per. Sec. 
Richard Cox, Treas. P. L. Taylor, Rep. 



R. W. GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF NORTHERN NEW YORK. 

Meets annually at the time and place of the Annual Session of the Grand 
Lodge of Northern New York. 



OFFICEKS 1854-5. 

R. W. G. Patriarchy Joseph Seymour. 

M. E. G. High Priest^ David S. Forbes. 

R. W. G. Sen. Warde?t, Alvin M. Bennett. 

R. W. G. Scribe, Wm. H. H. Prall 

R. W. G. Treasurer, Richard Sharp. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 181 



R. W. G. Jun. Warden, George Haskins. 

jK. TF. G. Representatives, \ :^^^^'^f ,!J; ^,l^^*^- 

^ ' ( Edward Whalin. 

W. G. Sentinel, Alfred G. Bennett. 

W. Bep, G. Sentinel, Almon M. Wakefield. 



SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT IN KINGS CO. 

D. P. Gardner, Di&t. Bep. G. Patriarch, residence, 129 
Carll street. 



BETHI.EHEM, No. 10, Odd Felloivs' Hall, Court street, ]st 

and 3d Fridays. 

C. Patriarch, Samuel Henderson. 

H. Priest, John E. Johnson. 

Sen. Warden, L. B. Bo wen. 

Scribe, Cornelius A. Marvin. 

Fin. Scribe, Richard Sharp. 

Treasurer, Richard Cox. 



ORDER UNITED AMERICANS. 
CHAPTEKS IN BROOKE YN. 

Brooklyn, No. 68, Granada Hall, Mondays. 
Ethan Allen, No. 20, Grand street, corner Fifth, East Dis- 
trict, Tuesdays. 

Fort Green, No. 54, 0. U. A. Hall, Montague street, corner 
Court, "Wednesdays. 

Lexington, No. 17, 0. U. A. Hall, Montague, corner Court, 
Mondays. 

Magna Charter, No. 38, Union Hall, Court street, corner 
Sackett, Thursdays. 

Marion, No. 11, 0. U. A. Hall, Montague, corner Court. 
Fridays. ' 

Montauk, No. 60, Greenpoint, Tuesdays. 

Nathan Hale, No. 66, Grand street, corner Fifth, East 
District, Thursdays. 

Pine Tree, No. 79, Myrtle avenue, corner Steuben street, 
Wednesdays. 

Warren, No. 3, 0. U. A. Hall, Montague street, corner 
Court, Tuesdays. 



182 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



COUNTY. 

Jackson, No. 67, Canarsie, Flatlands, Saturdays. 
Seventy-Six, No. 63, New Lots, Tuesdays. 



INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES. 
HIGH TENT. 

Meets annually at such time and place as may be designated at a previous 
meeting. The next meeting will be held in the City of New York, 
on the 2d Tuesday in Sept. 

J. P. H. C. R. Henry Chickering, North Adams, Mass. 

H. C. R. Thomas Stevenson, New York City. 

H, v. R. John Mills, Washington, D. C. 

H. C. S. Daniel Upton, Adams, Mass. 

H. T. James S. Keeler, Troy, N. Y. 

("George C. Thompson, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

High Execu-j James C. Spencer, Troy, N. Y. 

tive Council, ] H. H. Brazee, Utica, N. Y. 

[_ Edwin F. Jenks, Adams, Mass. 



I.ONG ISLAND DISTRICT TENT ^O, 20. 

Meets quarterly, on the 2d Monday in February, May, August, and Novem- 
ber, at such place as shall be designated at a previous meeting. 

D. P C. R. John Blake, Brooklyn. 

JD. C. R. F. M. A. Wicks, Thompson's Station, L. I. 

jD. R. S. Jonathan W. Fowler, Brooklyn. 

JD. T. Benjamin Bennit, Brooklyn. 



PRIMARY TENTS. 

Brooklyn, No. 10, Myrtle Hall, Thursdays. 
Fort Green, No. 228, Myrtle Hall, Fridays. 
IsLip, No. 211, Islip, L. I., Mondays. 
Perseverance, No. 118, Myrtle Hall, Wednesdays. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 183 



SONS OF TEMPERANCE. 

GRAND DIVISION OF EASTERN NEW YORK. 

Quarterly Sessions are held in New York City on the 2d Wednesday in 
January, April, and October, and at Sag Harbor in July. 

OFFICEES. 

G. Worthy Patriarchy Henry Lloyd. 

*' " Associate^ Alexander Campbell. 

" Scribe^ , Thomas Edgerley. 

" Treasurer J James Mackean. 

" Chaplain^ Rev. T. Brandt. 

" Conductor^ William Van Yleck. 

" Sentinel, 0. N. Bullis. 

Annual Election, 2d Wednesday in October. 



SUBORDINATE DIVISIONS IN KINGS CO. 
DISTRICT No. 9. 
John Beatty, Dist. Dep. G. W. Patriarchy 114 York street. 

Brooklyn, No. 13, 166 Fulton street, Thursdays. 
Washington, No. 4, 166 Fulton street, Mondays. 

DISTRICT No. 10. 

Wm. S. Dillingham, Dist. Dep. G. W. Patriarchy 

1 Monroe pi. 

Myrtle. No. 115, Myrtle Hall, Mondays. 

Plymouth Rock, No. 76, City Central Hall, Tuesdays. 

DISTRICT No. 11. 
C. W. Whittemore, Dist. Dep. G. W. Patriarch. 

Eureka, No. 187, Fourth street, cor. South 1st, E. District, 

Thursdays. 
Greenpoint, No. 99, Odd Fellows' Hall, Greenpoint, Mondays. 
WilliamsburgHj No. 105, Fourth st., cor. South 1st, Mondays. 



184 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



GREENPOINT DEGREE DIVISION. 

Meet at Odd Fellows' Hall, Greenpoint, every Monday. 

John N. Stearns, 7). R, and Prefect. 

J. y. Meserole, Vice Prefect, 

A. Berney, Auditor. 

W. H. Whittemore, Keeper of Keys. 

Wm. W. Finehout, Ut Hercdd. 

E. Ashby, 2d " 

J. C. Stearne, Inside Warden. 

N. Fales, Outside " 



CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. 

Under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Section of Pennsylvania. 
SUBORDINATE SECTIONS IN KINGS COUNTY. 

J. H. Vandewater, Dep. G. Patron, Eesidence. 105 South 

Istj E. District. 

E. H. Rowlandson, Sec. William W. Finehout, Treas. 

b. H. Vandewater, Ass't Sec. G-. W. Jones. Guide, 

F. Davies, Watch7na?i. 

Greenpoint, No. 4, ) 

Pacific, <^ 5, [ Odd Fellows' Hall, Greenpoint, Fridays. 

Washington, " 6, ) t : *■ ^^j/o. 

WiLLiAMSBURGH, " 3, Sons of T. Hall, E. Dist., Fridays. 

The Sections unite in a Quarterly Meeting held in the 
months of January, April, July, and October, at such places as 
may be appomted, at which time Officers are installed; Recita- 
tions, Addresses, &c., delivered, and prizes distributed. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 185 

AMERICAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. 
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Meets every Monday evening, corner Grove and Hudson sts, New York. 

W. G. Master, Charles Kenedy. 

Dep. G. Master J John Mcllroy. 

G. Secretary, William Cupiss. 

G. Treasurer,^ James Heron. 

G. Chaplain, Nathan Nisbet. 

G. Conductor, William McCloy. 

G. Ass^t Conductor, James Mulhern. 

G. Tiler^ Thomas Minnis. 



SUBORDINATE LODGES IN KINGS CO. 
Robert McCarll, District Installing Officer. 

BROOKLYN CITY, No. 6, 162 Fulton street, Wednesday's. 

Robert Ballance, W. M. Robert McCarll, Treasurer. 

Robert Crowthers, D. W. M. Joseph Miller, Chaplain. 

John Bolton, Rec. Sec. William Huggins, Conductor. 

William Grlassey, Fin. Sec. Thomas Dudgeon, Inside Tiler 



COLUMBIA, No. S, 309 Grand street, East District, Tuesdays. 

Robert Ferguson, W. M. W. Erwin, Fin. Sec. 

John Butler, D. W. M. Mark J. Rich, Treasurer. 

John Dalton, Rec. Sec. John Yates, Chaplain. 



DANIEIi WEBSTER, No. 18, Odd Fellows' Hall, Fridays. 

John Busby, W. M. Thomas Leary, Treasurer. 

Ralph Fields, D. W. 31 James Mclver, Chaplain. 

James Gibson, Rec. Sec. Jacob Giller, Conductor. 

James Livingston, Fi?i. Sec. Joseph Riely, Inside Tiler. 



PURITAN, No. 20, Adelphi Hall, Tuesdays. 

Farnham Gillespie, W. M. Isaac Kirkland, Treasurer. 

Young Love, D. IV. M. eTames Sweeney, Conductor. 

James Hamilton, Rec. Sec. John George, Outside Tiler. 
James Wright, Fin. Sec. 



186 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

ANCIENT ORDER OF GOOD FELLOWS. 
OR AND I.OIJGE OF THE STATE OF NEW liTORK. 

Meets at 274 Grand street, N. Y., on the third Wednesday of each month. 

OFFICEES. 

P. R. H. G. M., Henry Meisterlin. 

R. H. G. M, Robert Burgess. 

Dep. R. H. G. M, John Noe. 

R, IT. G. Sec^y, Herman Kornahrens. 

R. H. G. Treas.^ Jacob Hucker. 

R. H. G. Chaplain^ George Commandinger. 

R. H. G. Warden, John A. Tei. 

R. H. G. Jun. Warden. Carstan Offerman. 

R. H. G, Tiler, John Sundeg. 



SUBORDINATE LODGE IN KINGS CO. 

HERMAN, No. 25, Mc Kibbin street, corner Graham aveuuey 
East District, Wednesdays. 



Matthias Homan, iV. G. Herman Schneider, Sec. 

Charles Keil, V. G. Henry Ridenbeck, Treas. 



EMERALD BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1839. 
Meet on notice from the Secretary at No. 238 Fulton street. 

OFFICEES FOR 1S55. 

President, Daniel M. Kelly. 
Treasurer J Patrick Mooney. Sec, James Downey. 

The funds of this Association are raised by an Annual Ball 
given by the Society. The proceeds are appropriated to the 
benefit of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums in Congress 
and Clinton streets. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 187 

EMMET BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED 1847. CHARTERED MAY, 1848. 
Meet at 61 Atlantic street, 1st Tuesday in each month. 

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES. 

President^ William H. Murphy. 

Vice President^ Michael Morau. 

Pec. Sec. J Patrick Fitzgerald. Cor. Sec, Francis Mahady. 

Treasurer^ Owen Kiernan. 

TRUSTEES. 

James Casey. John Halpin. 

John Clancy. James Nevin. 

James Tiner. 

The chief objects of the Society are, the relief of its sick or 
infirm, and the burial of its deceased members, and the wives of 
its members. 

To become a member it is required to be a citizen of the 
United States, or to have declared an intention to become such ; 
and also to be a resident of Brooklyn, New York, or vicinity, 
and not over forty years of age. 

Officers are elected semi-annually in June and December, 
Trustees are elected in December trieunially. Initiation fee, 
five dollars; monthly dues, twenty-five cents. 

Connected with this Society is a Widows' and Orphans' 
Fund, supported by an Annual Festival, and the payment of six 
and a quarter cents monthly by each member. This fund is 
specially appropriated to the relief of the widows and orphans 
of deceased members of the Society. 



188 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

ERIN FRATERNAL BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION. 

CHARTERED 1835. 
Meets at "Second Ward Hotel," York si, 1st Monday in each month. 

OFFICERS, 1855-6. 

President^ John McLeer. 

\st Vice President, Patrick Bradley. 

^d Vice President, James McCaffry. 

Treasurer, Michael Conlin. 

Sec.^ Simon 0. Driscoll. ^55^ Sec.^ John Hazel. 

Irishmen and their descendants only, are eligible to a mem- 
bership in this Society: its objects being to unite all classes of 
Irishmen in one common bond of amity and peace, burying for- 
ever in the feeling of kindness and charity, all sectional and tra- 
ditional enmities, lending mutual support to each other as 
sojourners in a strange land. Initiation fee, five dollars ; 
monthly dues, twenty-five cents ; sick allowance, three dollars 
per week ; burial allowance, twenty-five dollars. 

The Annual Election for Officers is held on the 1st Monday 
in April. 



LABORERS' UNION BENEFICIAL SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED 1844. CHARTERED 1851. 
Meets Semi-monthly, at " Sarsfield Hall," Hudson aventie. 

OFFICEPwS, 1S55. 

President^ John Farrell. 

Vice President^ Joseph Dolan. 

Sec, Michael Ward. Ass'^t Sec, Patrick Farrell. 

Treasurer, Patrick Green. 

Check Clerks, James Farrell, James Dowd. 

It is declared that the object of this compact shall be 
Charity and National Greatness, and its acts, Union for ^I 
Happiness : — in other words to ameliorate the condition of the 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 189 

laboring classes by infusing charity, worth, and equality. Initia- 
tion fee, two dollars ; monthly dues, twelve and a half cents ; 
and on the decease of a member, a tax of six and a quarter cents 
to reimburse the treasury for the expense of his burial. Sick 
allowance, two dollars twenty-five cents per week ; burial allow- 
ance, eighteen dollars. 

Officers elected annually in December. 



ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY. 

Meets at 238 Fnlton st., on notice from the Secretary. 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

President^ Frederick Morris, M. D. 
Vice President^ John F. Hennessy. 
f Treasurer^ Charles Riley. Secretary^ James Downey, 



SHAMROCK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED 1841. CHARTERED, MAY, 1848. 
Meets at "Second "Ward Hotel,'*' York st., 1st Monday in each month. 

OFFICERS, 1S54-5. 

President^ Patrick Higgins. 

Vice President^ John Elliott. 

Sec.^ P. Ward. Ass't Sec, John Cusack. 

Treasurer, P. Dunn. 

The Shamrock Society is composed of Sons of Ireland, who. 
by the bright promises of hope have been allured to the land of 
liberty, seeking relief from the burdens and exactions that bore 
so heavily upon them at home. They have therefore associated 
themselves together for the purpose of rendering mutual assist- 
ance in procuring employment when in health, and to relieve 
each other when in sickness or want. To become a member of 
this Association it is requisite to be a citizen of the United 
States, of good moral character, and at least twenty-one years of 
age, pay an initiation fee of three dollars, and twenty-five cents 



190 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

monthly dues. The sick allowance is three dollars per week ; 
burial allowance, twenty-five dollars. 

The Annual Election for Officers is held at the Monthly- 
Meeting in March. 



THISTLE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 

OEGANIZED JANUARY, 1852. 
Meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, Atlantic st., 2d and 4th Wednesdays. 

OFFICERS, 1S54-5. 

President^ John White. 

Vice President^ John Murray. 

Per. Sec, James Boyle. Rec. Sec, John Ellis. 

Treasurer, George Ingram. 

This is a Mutual Benefit Society, its benevolence extending 
only to the relief of its own members and their families. Its 
members are associates and companions of each other in pros- 
perity, and friends and supporters in adversity. 

To become a member it is requisite that the person be a freo 
white male, of sound health and good character, and be at least 
twenty-one years of age, and not over forty-five. The initiation 
fee is three dollars, unless over forty years of age, in which case 
it is one dollar more for every additional year. The monthly 
dues are twenty-five cents or more as the Society may determine. 

The weekly benefit to sick or disabled members is three 
dollars. Allowance for burial of deceased members, thirty 
dollars. For burial of members' wives, fifteen dollars. 

The Annual Election for Officers is held on the 2d Wednes- 
day in December. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 191 



FREE GERMAN SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED FOR BENEVOLENT PURPOSES, AUGUST 18th, 1851 
Meets at the " City Hotel," 2d and 4th Thursdays of each month. 

OFFICERS. 

President^ Charles Moehring. 

Vice President^ Francis Rebstein. 

iSec., Adam Shaw. AssH Sec.^ Anthony Gref. 

Treasurer^ G. A. Brown. 

Semi-annual Elections for Officers, 4th TJiursday in July and December. 



EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF 

BROOKLYN, 

(western district.) 
REVIVED AND REORGANIZED JUNE 9, 1853. 

OFFICERS 1855. 

President^ Daniel Van Voorhis. 

\st Vice President^ Hon. George Hall. 

2c? Vice President^ Geo. W. A. Everitt. 

Zd Vice President^ Morris Sim on son. 

^th Vice President^ "Walter Barre. 

^th Vice President^ Jacob B. Striker. 

Rec. Sec. Thomas R. Mercein. Cor. Sec. Wm. E. Sprague. 

Treasurer^ Henry Oakley. 

This society is composed of members of the Brooklyn Fire 
Department, who have received an honorable discharge^ having 
served the full term (in the Fire Department of Brooklyn) re- 
quired by law to entitle them to an exemption for ever from Fire, 
Military, and Jury duty. 

It was established for the purpose of promoting the interest 
and efficiency of, and cherishing kindly feelings in the Fire De- 
partment generally, and whenever requisite, advancing their 



192 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

claims as Exempt Firemen. It renders pecuniary aid to indigent 
and disabled members, and the families of deceased members^ 
when in need. 

Any person to become a member of this association must 
produce a certificate signed by the city clerk, or such other evi- 
dence as may be satisfactory to the investigating committee, 
certifying that he has served the time required by law in the 
Brooklyn Fire Department, and pay an initiation fee of fifty 
cents, and twelve and a half cents monthly. 

The Association meets in the Court Room of D. K. Smith, 
No. 2, City Hall, Basement, on the first Thursday of each month. 

The meeting in January is the annual meeting, at which 
officers are elected for the ensuing year. 



JBZEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF 

BROOKLYN, 

(eastern district.) 

EEVIVED AND REORGANIZED OCTOBER 10, 1854. 

OFFICEES, 1855. 

President, William V. Hanson. 

\st Vice President, Charles Wall. 

2d Vice President^ T. Henry Browning. 

Rcc. Sec, Wm. M. Scott. Cor. Sec, W. J. Christal. 

Treasurer, R. H. Harding. 

This society is composed of members of the Brooklyn Fire 
Department, who have received an lioyiorable discharge, having 
served the full term (three years of which must have been in the 
Fire Department of the Eastern District), required by law to 
entitle them to an exemption for ever from Fire. Military, iand 
Jury duty. 

it was established for the purpose of promoting the interest 
and efficiency of, and cherishing kindly feelings in the Fire De- 
partment generally, and whenever requisite, advancing their 
claims as Exempt Firemen. It renders pecuniary aid to indigent 
and disabled members, and the families of deceased ynembers, 
when in need. 

Any person to become a member of this association must 
produce a certificate signed by the city clerk, or such other 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 193 



evidence as may be satisfactory to the investigating committee 
certifymg that he has served the time required by law, three 
years of which must have been in the Fire Department of the 
i^astern District, and pay an initiation fee of three dollars, and 
one dollar annually thereafter. 

The association meets at Firemen's Hall, Eastern District 
on the first Thursday in January, April, July, and October. ' 

The Meeting in January is the Annual Meeting, at which 
the Officers of the Association are elected. 



MECHANICS' EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION. 

ESTABLISHED 1854. 

Rooms of the Association, No. 9 Court street. 

OFFICEES, 1856. 

Fresident^ Hon. George Hall. 

Vice Pres., John French. Secretary^ John Leech. 

Treasurer^ George Mitchell. 

TRUSTEES. 

William Beard. Joseph Pratt. 

Samuel Booth. John Murray. Dwight Spencer. 

Initiation fee reduced to $5. 



ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF NASSAU ISLAND. 

ORGANIZED 1848. 
OrnCERS, 1855-6. 

President^ John A. Lott. 
Vice Presidents. 
Tunis G. Bergen. Theodorus Polhemus. 

William E. Cruger. John Spader. 

Samuel J. Garretson. Nicholas Van Brunt. 

Barnet Johnson. Thomas J. Van Sant. 

Oscar Johnson. Adriance Van Brunt. 

Garret L. Martense. Nicholas Wyckoff. 

9 



194 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

<Sec., John W. Hunter. Ass^t Sec, Jolm G. Bergen. 

Treasurer. Theodore Polhcmus, jr. 

MANAGERS. . 

Abraham J. Beekman. Sanluel M. Meeker. 

Peter G. Bergen. Jacob llapelye. 

George W. Bleeker. Williamson Rapelye. 

Oliver Hull. Bernardus I. Ryder. 

Jeromus J. Johnson. George W. Stilwell. 

Robert B. Lefferts. Peter Wyckoff. 

CHAPLAINS. 

Rev. M. W. Dwight, D. D. Rev. Geo. W. Bethune, D. D. 

Rev. Samuel R. Johnson, D. D. Rev. Elbert S. Porter. 

PHYSICIANS. 

William D. Creed, M. D. Nelson A. Garrison, M. D. 

James E. Dubois, M. D. William G. Hunt, M. D. 

Robert Rossman, M. D. 

STEWARDS. 

John Vanderbilt, High Steward. 

Abraham B. Baylis. John L. Spader. 

William Bennett. J. Schenck Suydam. 

William Hunter, jun. Rulef Van Brunt. 

Martin Kalbfleisch. William Wall. 

John D. Lawrence. F. Lott Wyckoff. 
John Lyon. 

The objects of this society are to collect and preserve infor- 
mation respecting the history, settlements, manners, customs, 
&c., of the early inhabitants of Long Island (formerly called 
Nassau Island), and other portions of the State of New York ; 
and to afford pecuniary relief to indigent or reduced members of 
the society, and their widows and children. Eligibility to a 
membership of the society, requires a person to be of the age of 
twenty-one, of respectable standing in society, of good moral 
character, a resident of the island, and be wholly, or in part of 
Dutch descent, or a descendant of a person who was an inhabi- 
tant of this island previous to 1786. The initiation fee is two 
dollars ; and each member is required to pay one dollar annually 
thereafter. The annual election takes place on Easter Monday. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 195 



THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF BROOKLYN. 

ORGANIZED DECEMBER 29, 1846. 
OFFICEKS, 1S55. 

President, James Humphrey. 

UtVice Pres., John Greenwood. 2d Vice Pres., Cyrus P. Smith. 

Sec.j Walter T. Hatch. IVeas., Andrew Wesson. 

COUNCILLORS. 

Dr. Daniel Brooks. Nathan B. Morse. 

Dr. Timothy A. Wade. William M. Richards. 

Isaac H. Frothingham. S. B. Chittenden. 

This is a social and benevolent organization, composed of 
natives, or sons of natives, of New England, and those who are 
in affinity with natives. It was formed to promote friendship 
and amity, and all that is worthy and valuable among the mem- 
bers thereof; to strengthen their attachment to their country and 
its institutions, and to afford pecuniary relief to persons of New 
England origin, and for other purposes, as may be determined by 
vote. 

The affairs of the association are managed by a Board of 
Officers elected annually. To be admitted a member of the as- 
sociation it is requisite that a man be of full age, of good moral 
character, and a native or the son of a native, or married to a 
native of any of the New England states, receive a majority vote, 
and subscribe to the constitution, pay an admission fee of two 
dollars, and afterwards one dollar annually on or before the first 
day of December, until his total annual payments shall amount 
to twenty-five dollars, after which no further annual payment is 
required ; but any member who pays into the treasury the sum 
of twenty-five dollars at one time, is exempt from annual dues. 

Persons who are not natives or sons of natives of New Eng- 
land may be admitted as Honorary Members. 

The society gives relief to members and other persons who 
are natives of New England, and to the widows and children of 
deceased members. 

_ The annual meeting for the election of officers of the associa- 
tion is held on the second Saturday of December. The anni- 
versary of the society is held on the 22d day of December, or if 
that fall on Sunday, it is held the succeeding day. The anni- 
versary is usually celebrated by an address and a festival, from 
which intoxicating drinks are excluded. 



196 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



THE GREAT NORTH WESTERN ZEPHYR ASSO- 
CIATION. 

ORGANIZED 1838. 

Meets at "Kings County Hotel," E. District, 3d Thursday and Saturday 

evenings in each month. 

OFFICEKS, 1S54-5. 

President^ Frederick B. Smith. 

Vice President^ Alexander F. Dodge. 

Sec.^ T. Henry Browning. Treas., Edward Neville. 

STEWARDS. 

Andrew A. Wemmell, James Clark, 
John McWay. 

ANTIQUARIAN BOARD. 
OFFICERS. 

President^ David Bruce. 

Counsellors^ John Cook, Nicholson P. O'Brien. 

Grand Usher ^ Gideon C. Austin. 

The Great North Western Zephyr Association was 
formed for the purpose of encouraging Native Talent in Sculp- 
ture, Painting and Music. It is the only existing Society 
organized on the principle, and is in a flourishing condition, now 
numbering seven hundred and fifty-three members. 

The fund of the Society is accumulated from entrance fees, 
—$50, and annual dues,— $10 each; the interest of which and 
the fund on hand (now amounting to $19,000), is expended 
in Works of Art, and distributed among the members at the 
Annual Meeting and dinner, every Christmas eve; at which 
time also all persons proposed for membership, during the year, 
are balloted for, and the Officers of the Association elected ; 
and also two Counsellors to the Antiquarian Board, which con- 
sists of thirteen gentlemen (Members of the Association), who 
are the Trustees, and have the general supervision of the affairs 
of the Society, and also purchase the Articles for distribution. 

The Board meets every third Saturday evening in each 
month, or at the call of the President of the Board, at the Kings 
County Hotel. None but actual members of the Board are 
admitted to its sittings. 



KINGS COUNTY RECOKD. 197 



BROOKLYN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1854. INCORPORATED APRIL, 1854. 
Office and Exhibition Rooms, Brooklyn Athen^um. 

OFFICEPwS, 1855. 

President, John W. Degrauw. 

Vice Fresidents. 

Smith J. Eastman. Stephen Knowlton. 

Henry A. Kent. John Maxwell. 

John W. Towt. 

Treasurer, William S. Dunham. 

Cor. Sec,, Peter B. Mead. Rec. Sec, Joseph Lees. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Henry A. Graef. Martin L. Schaefer. Ira Smith. 

The present B. H. S. originated one year ago, under the 
anspices of a number of our enterprising citizens. The two 
earliest exhibitions of the Society were given at the Athenaeum 
in the months of March and April 1854, of hot and green-house 
plants trom the conservatories of gentlemen connected with the 
bociety, and other citizens. The Spring exhibition was given in 
May. In addition to the extensive variety of plants from our 
own citizens, there were contributions from other cities and 
localities. The Summer or Rose exhibition was given in June 
Ihe Autumn exhibition of plants, flowers, and fruits took place 
m beptember, and was largely contributed to. 

The first Annual Meeting of the Society was held on the 
evening of the 7th of December last, on which occasion an ad- 
dress was delivered before the Society by the President, John 
VV. Degrauw, Esq. ' 

1 o ,^^/,^'^^^^ty 's Spring exhibition of 1 855 was held on the 1 1 th and 
12th of April, closing with an address by Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D. 
_ The terms of membership are three dollars yearly, in advance 
with admission for members and their families to the regular 
J^all and Spring Exhibitions, also Monthly Exhibitions. 

It is proposed that addresses on Horticulture be delivered 
before the Society during the Winter months. 

The Society hold a meeting and informal exhibition on the 
evening of the 1 st Tuesday of each month. The Annual Meeting 
for the election of Officers is held on the 1st Thursday of December 



198 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



HUNT HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL GARDEN. 

INCORPORATED APRIL 9th, 1855. 
Capital, $150,000. Shaves, 6,000. Par, $25. 

Thomas Hunt, Patron. 



OFFICEKS, 1855-6. 

Tresident^ John "W. Degrauw: 

Vice presidents. 

Wilson G. Hunt. Electus B. Litchfield. 

William C. Langley. Etbelbert S. Mills. 

James S. T. Stranahan. 

Treas.j John D. Cocks. Rec. Sec, Martin L. Schaefer, 

Cor. Sec, A. J. S. Degrauw. 



John D. Cocks. 
George S. Coe. 
William W. Crane. 
James Cruikshank. 
A. J. S. Degrauw. 
John W. Degrauw. 
William S. Dunham. 
Edwards W. Fiske. 
H. A. Graef. 
James Hazelhurst. 
Samuel E. Howard. 
Thomas Huut. 



TRUSTEES. 

Wilson G. Hunt. 
George Ingram. 
A. G. Jerome. 
Henry A. Kent. 
Stephen Knowlton. 
William C. Langlej. 
Alfred Large. 
Electus B, Litchfield. 
J. H. Lester. 
Edwin C. Litchfield. 
Lewis B. Loder. 
Charles R. Marvin, 



John Maxwell. 
M. McGrath. 
Peter B. Mead. 
Ethelbert S. Mills. 
Joseph A. Perry. 
L E. Ranch. 
Martin L. Schaefer. 
Ira Smith. 
W. Spencer. 
Chandler Starr. 
Jas. S. T. Stranahan. 
John W. Towt. 



Librarian, Henry Starr. 



The Hunt Horticultural and Botanical Garden is the 
ofi*spring of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society. It having 
been the cherished design of that Society from the first, to 
bring about the establishment within or near the borders of our 
city, of an institution kindred in its nature and objects to their 
own, and by means of which the accomplishment of their depart- 
ment, in the work of developiug and perfecting the art of 
horticulture, might be greatly facilitated. The Brooklyn Hor- 
ticultural Society are able to exhibit the beautiful and varied 
results of the handiwork of Nature and careful horticultural 
skill; but the new institution can do more, — it will irrodiice 
these results to an almost unlimited extent. The consummation 
of the project is principally due to the interest taken in it by 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 199 

John W. Degrauw, and Wm. S. Dunham, Esqs., the President 
and Treasurer of the B. H. Society, whose energetic and per- 
severing efforts carried the matter to a successful issue, and to 
the liberality of Messrs. Thomas Hunt, William C. Langley, and 
Henry A. Kent, who together contributed in fee sixteen acres 
of ground (valued at the present time at $25,000), to be devoted 
to the purposes of the Institution. These three gentlemen also 
subscribed largely to the stock of the Institution, the former 
standing sponsor in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, the others 
fourteen thousand and ten thousand respectively. 

The site of the Garden is between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 
and Fifty-seventh and Sixtieth streets (comprising three blocks), 
on the southwestern boundary of the city of Brooklyn. The 
portions of the two streets laid out on the map that intersect the 
site, are to be obliterated, and the three blocks consolidated 
into a square, the sides of which will measure nearly seven 
hundred feet. Here its originators hope to found a Grarden 
which shall contribute its fair share to the cultivation of the 
" love of the beautiful," and confer enduring honor, not only on 
its projectors, but also on the city that gave it birth. Here 
Flora and Pomona may, side by side, hold " high court," and 
receive the homage of their worshippers, whose votive offering 
shall be the fragrance of " a thousand flowers." 

Regular Meetings of the Trustees are held at the Boom of 
the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, Athenaeum, on the first 
Friday in each month. 



WHIG GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTY OP 

KINGS. 

Meets at " Brooklyn Garden," 340 Fultou street, first Tuesday in every 

month. 

OFFICEPwS. 

Chairman^ Luke C. Kyder, (4th Ward.) 

Vice Chairman,^,!). Taft, (17th Ward,) Abel C. Will- 
marth, (13th Ward.) 

Secrcta7-y^ John Blackmore, M. D. (6th Ward.) 

Treasurer, Ezra Baldwin, (4th Ward.) 

The Committee consist of five Delegates from each ward of 
the city, and town of the county. 



200 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE OP 
THE COUNTY OF KINGS. 

Meets at No. 9 Court street, first Wednesday evening in each month. 

OFFICERS. 

Chairman^ John Yanderbilt, (Flatbush.) 

Recording Secretary, Benj. T. Hunt, (2d Ward.) 

Corresponding Secretary^ Richard A. Bishop, (5th Ward.) 

The Committee consists of one Delegate from each ward of 
the city of Brooklyn, and town of the county. 



DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE 
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. 

Meets at No. 9 Court street, first Tuesday evening in each month, 

OFFICERS. 

President^ Boswell C. Brainard, (2d Ward.) 
Secretary, Alfred B. Hetfield, (13th Ward.) 
Treasurer^ Henry P. Curtis, (9th Ward.) 

The Committee consists of three Delegates from each of the 
eighteen wards of the city. 



COLORED POLITICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF 
BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY. 

OFFICERS, 1855. 

Fresident^ Wm. J. Hodges. 

Vice President, Amos N. Freeman. 

Sec, Dr. Peter W. Bay. Ass't Sec, John N. Still. 

Treasurer, Elijah B. Bundick. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 201 

STANDING COMMITTEE. 

Elijah B. Bundick. Peter W, Kay. 

William J. Hodges. John N. Still. 

David A. Morse. John A, Williams. 

This is an association of colored property holders in Kings 
County, formed for the purpose of consolidating their political 
power as voters, and bringing that power to bear in each political 
contest in such way as shall best serve their interest, in tending 
to bring them just and equal rights as native born Americans, 
and conduce to the cause of true democratic freedom, without partial- 
ity and without hypocrisy. The term democratic, is used in the 
original sense of the word, as they recognize no political party 
of the day, as such, but prior to each election, a committee of 
six is appointed by the officers, from the association, whose busi- 
ness it is to ascertain the political views of each of the candidates 
who may be in the field, and after a thorough investigation, to 
report to the association, who takes action thereon by determin- 
ing which of the candidates shall receive their support. 

The association numbers about five hundred members, and 
with an unrestricted suifrage would number fifteen hundred. 

The following is the form of a petition signed by themselves, 
and others favorable to their views, which was presented to the 
legislature at its recent session : 

To THE Honorable, the Legislature of the State of Nev7 
York : 

The undersigned, desire to solicit at your hands, a considera- 
tion of the disabilities under which we have been, and of the 
Moral Degradation to which we are forcibly subjected, as 
Citizens of this State, believing that the present time afi"ords 
suitable opportunity for, and that the public sentiment is not 
unprepared, nor averse to, a remedy of the evils of which we 
deem we have just cause of complaint. 

We refer to the Anti-Kepublican Distinction of Color, 
■which the Constitution of this State, (art. 2, sec. 1.) recognizes 
and establishes ; and we therefore, most earnestly pray, that 
your Hon. Body will take the necessary action to provide for an 
amendment thereto, which will place the Elective Franchise 
within the reach of all citizens, without regard to complexion. 

Many of your petitioners have resided during their entire 
lives in, and are Freeholders of this State, — their families are 
permanently located within its boundaries, their social relations 
9* 



202 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



are established within its limits, aud their entire pecuniary in- 
terests are inseparable from its welfare. 

As occupants of tenements and rent payers, all of us consti- 
tute a share of support to the State Government, without deriv- 
ing corresponding advantages from it. 

Under these circumstances, we feel our cause a just one, and 
do most earnestly ask a favorable consideration at your hands, 
And as in duty bound, your petitioners will ever pray. 
Brooklyn^ East District^ Jan. 1855. 



HOTELS AND PUBLIC HOUSES IN BROOKLYN. 



American Hotel, 
American Hotel, 
Arents' Hotel, 
Atlantic Hotel, 
IJarker House, 
Branch Hotel, 
Branch Hotel, 
Branch Hotel, 
Bridge st. Hotel, 
Brooklyn Hotel, 
City Hotel, 
City Hotel, 
Clarendon House, 
Clinton Hotel, 
Clinton Hotel, 
Crean's 2d Ward Hotel, 
Eagle House, 
Ferry Hotel, 
Franklin Hotel, 
Franklin House, 
Fulton House, 
Globe Hotel, 
Gothic Hotel, 
Green point Hotel, 
Howard Hotel, 
Kings County Hotel, 
Long Island Hotel, 
Mansion House, 
Metjjppolitan Hotel, 
Peck slip Hotel, 
Phenix Hotel, 
Philadelphia House, 
Pierrepont House, 
Quevedo House, 
Kio Grande House, 
Second Ward Hotel, 
Second Ward House, 
Star Hotel, 
Star Hotel, 
Star House, 
Toynbee's Hotel, 
Troutman's Hotel, 
Union Hotel, 
Union Hotel, 
Union Hotel, 
Union Hotel, 
Washington Hotel, 
Washington House, 
Weber's Brooklyn Hotel, 
Three Mile Houso, 
Four Mile House, 



26 Fulton St., 

2 & 4 Grand st , E. Dist, 

153 Adams St., 

1 Hamilton av., 

21 & 23 Hamilton av., 

3d av. cor. 27th street, 

10 Fulton St., 

Bnshwick av. cor. N. 2d, 

Bridge st. cor. Jolin, 

17 Fulton St., 

342 Fulton st., 

South 7th St., 

3d av. cor. 27th street, 

4 Atlantic street, 

3d av. cor. 27th street. 

Bridge street cor. John, 

238 Fulton St., 

Bridge st. cor. Marshall, 

Myrtle av, cor. Division av., 

15' Fulton St., 

Fourth St. n. S. 3d, E. Dist. 

244 Fulton St., 

3d St. n. South 7th, E. Dist., 

Franklin st. cor. Huron, 

Main st. cor. Water, 

1st St. cor. South 7th, E. D. 

27 Fulton St., 

121 & 123 Hicks St., 
Bridge st. cor. John, 
South 7th St. cor. 1st, E. D., 
69 Main .st, 

133 & 135 Fourth st. E. D., 

Montasrne st. cor. Hicks, 

193 York St., 

14 Fulton St., 

47 Main st, 

I'rospect st. cor. Jay, 

17 Union Place, 

50 Hicks St., 

97 Fulton av., 

Montague st, cor. Court, 

Cypress Hills Plank-road, 

1 Atlantic St., 

25 Liberty st, 

29 James st. 

Grand st coi\ Union av. E. D. 

1st st n. South 11th, E. D., 

Main St cor. Prospect, 

122 Hudson av., 

Fulton av. n. Now York av., 
Jamaica P. K. cor. Keed av., 



PKOPKIETOR. 

Sam. S. Jones. 
Jackson Hicks. 
Edward Areuts. 
Geo. P. Losee. 
James Barker. 
William Hatfiekl. 
E. W. Dunham. 
Dan. Lnyster. 
J. Mc Eliiinney. 
J. B. Brahms. 
Dan. W. Post 

Jas. Lindsay. 
Thomas Ketcbam. 
H. W^ Jenks, 
Patrick Crean. 
Dominick Colgan. 
Chas. S. Bunce. 
K. W. Lawrence. 
Bailey ami Baldwin. 
Win. H. Mershon. 
Daniel J. Smith. 
Henry B. Gee. 
Chas. Mc Ciennon. 
E. v. W. Snedeker. 
Edward Neville. 
G. C. Mc Kee. 
Edwin K. Yale. 
John Eeilly. 
Fred. Hoeft 
Thom.as Dent 
E. L. Tucker. 
Kusscll, Chase, & Co. 
Elijah C. King. 
John L. Suydam. 
Edward Mc Carthy. 
J. C. Force. 
Geo. Moore. 
Edward E. Collins. 
Henry Maybury, 
Toy n bee & Hopkins. 
Geo. Trontman. 
Thonuvs Co.stigan, 
Benj. Honey. 
Patrick Mooney. 
Franris Swifc. 
A. V. Krack. 
^Michael McNamee. 
Jacob W^elier. 
Cha.s. B. Holder. 
Wm. Simonson. 



KINGS COUNTY KECORD. 203 



HALLS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GARDENS, &c. 

— Hall, 246 Court street, cor Sackett. 



Adelphi Hall, cor. Myrtle av. and Adelpbi street. 

Alms House and Nursery (County), Clarkson avenue, Flat- 
hush. 

Armory, Cranberry st. cor. Henry. 

Board of Education Rooms, Red Hook lane, n, Fulton av. 

Brooklyn Athen.eum, Atlantic st. cor. Clinton, 

Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, Livings- 
ton street, between Court and Boerum streets. 

Brooklyn Garden, 340 Fulton street. 

Brooklyn Institute, 184 Wasbington st. n. Concord. 

Brooklyn Museum, cor. Fulton and Orange streets. 

City Central Hall, Fulton av. cor. Elm place. 

City Hall, on Fulton, Court, and Joralemon streets. 

City Hospital, Raymond st. n. Dekalb av. 

Classical Hall, Wasbiugton st. n. Concord. 

Concert Hall, Henry st. n. Clark. 

County Hospital, Clarkson av. n. Clove st., Flatbush. 

County Jail, Raymond st. n. Myrtle av. 

Cypress Hill Cemetery Offices, Montague Hall, Room No. 
6, and 261 Broadway, New York. See account of Ceme- 
tery^ jDage 157. 

Firemen's Hall, Western District, 51 and 53 Henry st. 

Firemen's Hall, Eastern District, Fourtb st. n. Soutb 2d. 

Franklin Buildings, cor. Fulton and Orange streets. 

Freeman Buildings, 337, 339, 341, and 343 Fulton st. 

FpcEeman's Hall, 343 Fulton street. 

Free Mason's Hall, 309 G-rand st., E. District. 

Gothic Hall, Adams st. n. Nassau. 

Granada Hall, 94 and 96 Myrtle av. 

Harmonic Hall, 59 and 61 Soutb 4tb St., E. District. 

Insane Asylum, Clarkson av. n. Clove st., Flatbush. 

Jones' Buildings, junction Fulton and Adams streets, opp. 
City Hall. 

Liberty Hall, cor. North First and Ninth sts., E. District. 



204 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Low's Buildings, 7, 8, 9, and 10 Court street. 

Mansfield Hall, 345 Fulton street. 

Masonic Hall, 145 Grand st., E. District. 

Mechanics' Exchange, No. 9 Court st. 

Military Hall, 340 Fulton st. 

Montague Hall, Court st. n. Montague, City Hall square 
(City Directory and Cypress Hill Cemetery Offices). 

Musical Hall, 106 Orange st. n. Fulton. See Professor J. 

H. Mordough'' s advertisement^ colored leaf back. 
Myrtle Hall, 160 Myrtle ay. 

National Hall, Union av. cor. Meserole st., E. District. 
Naval Hospital, Flushing av. n. Ryerson st. 
Odd Fellows' Hall, 128 Atlantic st. 

Odd Fellows' Hall, Greenpoint av. n. Franklin st., E. Dis- 
trict. 

Odeon, Fifth st n. South 4th, E. District. 
0. U. A. Hall, Court st. cor. Montague. 
0. U. A. Hall, Fifth st. cor. Grand, E. District. 
Packer Collegiate Institute, Joralemon st. between Court 
and Clinton. 

Peoples' Hall, Pearl st. cor. York. 
Phenix Building, 230 Grand st., E. District. 

Post Office (Western District), 337 and 339 Fulton st., City 

Hall square. 
Post Office (Eastern District), 141 Grand st. 
Post Office (Greenpoint), Franklin st. cor. Java st. 
St. Nicholas Hall, cor. Myrtle av. and Adelphi st. 
Sarsfield Hall, 259 Hudson av. 

Temperance Hall, Flushing av. opposite Graham st., JBast 
BrooJdyn. 

Union Hall, 1 66 Fulton st. 

Union Hall, 255 Court st. cor. Sackett. 

Union Hall, 183 Myrtle av. cor. Navy st. 

"Washington Building, S. E. cor. Court and Joralemon sts. 

Washington Hall, 211 Adams st. 

Washington Hall, cor. Washington st. and Greenpoint av., E. 
District. 

Whiteiiouse's Buildings, ^79, 281, and 283 Fulton st, 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 205 



NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN BROOKLYN. 



DAIIiY. 



Brooklyn Evening Star, Edwin B. Spooner, 108 Orange 
St. Established 1841. ^ 

Brooklyn Morning Journal, Hogan and Heiffhway, 160 
Fulton St. Established 1852. 

Daily Independent Press, Wm. Gr. Bishop and J. A. E. 
Kellj, 12 and 14 South 7th st. (E. District). Established 
IbSO. ' 

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Isaac Van Anden, 30 Fulton 
St. Established 1841. 

The Brooklyn Daily Times, Bennett and Smith, 145 Grand 
St. (E. District). Established 1848. 



TRI-WEEKIiY. 



The Long Island Anzieger (Advertiser), Edward Eoehr 
88 Montrose av. (E. District). Established 1854. ' 



WEEKLY. 



Brooklyn Weekly Eagle, Isaac Van Anden, 30 Fulton st 
Established 1842. 

The Long Island Star, Edwin B. Spooner, 108 Orange st 
Established 1808. ^ ' 



MONTHLY. 

The Union Ark (Illustrated), Thomas Schnebly, 98 Cran- 
berry st. Established 1851. 



206 BROOKLYN CITY AKD 

BROOKLYN POST OFFICE. 

S3Y and 339 Fulton st. (Freeman Buildings). 

Office open from 1 A. M. to 8 P. M, Sundays, from 8,30 to 9.30. A. M., 

and from 12 to 1 P. M. 

MAIL, ARRANGEMENTS. 

The Mail for New York closes at 7 A M , 1.45. and 7.45 
P. M. On Simdays at 7 A. M., 12.30 M., and 7.45 P. M. 

The Mail from New York arrives at 8.30 A. M., and 3.30 
P. M. Simdays at 7 A. M. 

The Mail for Williamsburgh (via New York), closes at 1.45 
and 7.45 P. M., except Saturdays and Sundays. On Saturdays 
at 1.45 P, M., and Sundays at 7.45 P. M. only. 

The Mail from Williamsburgh arrives at 8.30 A. M., and 
3.30 P. M. Sundays at 7 A. M. 

The Mail for Flatbush, Flatlands, Canarsie, New Utrecht, 
and Fort Hamilton, closes daily (Sundays excepted), at 3.45 
P. M. in Winter, and 4.45 P. M. in Summer. 

The Mail from Flatbush, Flatlands, Canarsie, New Utrecht, 
and Fort Hamilton, arrives daily (Sundays excepted), at 10 
A. M. in Winter, and 8.30 A. M. in Summer. 

The Mail lor Grravesend and Crescoe, closes daily (Sundays 
excepted), at 3.45 P. M. in Winter, and 4.45 P. M. in Summer. 
The Mail from Gravesend and Crescoe arrives daily (Sundays 
excepted), at 9.30 A. M., Winter and Summer. 

The Long Island K. E,. Mail, for Jamaica and eastward, 
closes daily (Sundays excepted), at 7.45 A. M. 

The Long Island R. R. Mail, from Jamaica and eastward, 
arrives daily, (Sundays excepted), at 3.30 P. M. 

Carriers leave the Office daily (Sundays excepted), at 10 
A. M. for the delivery of letters, &c. 

Daniel Van Voorhis, Postmaster'. 



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KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 207 



"WIIiLIAMSBURGH POST OFFICE. 

141 Grand st. near Fifth. 

Office open dailj, except Sundays, from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. from April 1st 

to October 1st., and from 7.30 A, M. to 8 P. M. from October 1st 

to April 1st. Sundays, from 6.30 to 7.30 P. M. 

MAIL ARRANGE3IENTS. 

The Mail closes daily, except Saturdays and Sundays, at 
^45 and 7.45 P. M. On Saturdays at 1.45 and 8 P. M., and 
Sundays at 7.45 P. M., only. 

The Mail arrives daily (Sundays excepted), at 8.30 A M. 
and 3.30 P. M. Siaidays 8.30 A. M. ' 

The Mail for Greenpoint closes every day, except Sundays, 
at 9 A. M. and 4 P. M. J j^ i^ j : 

The Mail from Greenpoint arrives daily (Sundays excepted) 
at 11 A. M., and 5 P. M. -> ^ J t j 

James Murphy, Postmaster. 



GREENPOINT POST OFFICE. 

Franklin st. cor. Java, 

Office open every day, except Sundays, from 7 A. M. to 9 
P. M. in Winter, and from 6.30 A. M. to 9 P. M. in Summer. 

The Mail closes at 9.30 A. M. and 4.30 P. M., and arrives 
at 10 A. M. and 5 P. M. 

Isaac K. Snell, Postmaster. 



208 BROOKLYN CITY AND 



BROOKLYN CITY EXPRESS POST. 

Isaac C. Snedeker, Proprietor. 
James A. Martin, Manager. 

Office, No. 6 Court street. 

Boxes for the reception of letters. &c., are placed in numerous 
localities in the Western District of the city, from which letters, 
&c., are taken up three times a day. Carriers leave the office 
for city delivery at 10 A. M. and 1 P. M. 

Letters to New York, 9 A. M., 12 M., and 4 P. M. 

Letters from New York. 9.30 A. M., 12.30 M., and 4.30 
P. M. 

Letters from New York are delivered at 10 A. M., 1 and 4.30 
P. M. 



POSTAGE RATES, 



Within the United States, and to Canada and other British North Ameri- 
can Provinces, as in force April 1st, 1855. 

RATES OF I.ETTER POSTAGE. 

The postage on letters, carried within the United States, is 
on single letters of a half ounce or under, for any distance not 
over 3000 miles, three cents ; for any distance over 3000 miles 
(which includes letters to California, and Oregon, and Washing- 
ton Territories), ten cents. The postage on letters sent to any 
place in the United States or Territories must invaribly be pre- 
paid by stamps or otherwise to insure their being sent, as other- 
wise they will not be forwarded. Double, treble, and quadruple 
letters, are charged double, treble, and quadruple the rate of 
single. 

Letters to and from British North American Provinces, any 
distance not over 3000 miles, ten cents ; for any distance over 
8000 m\\Q?>.f fifteen cents — prepayment optional. 

Every letter or parcel not exceeding a half ounce in weight 
shall be deemed a single letter, and every additional half ounce, 
or less, is charged with an additional single postage. 

Drop letters, not for transmission, but for delivery only, are 
charged with postage at the rate of one cent each. 

Advertised letters are charged with one cent, in addition to 
the regular postage. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 209 



Note. — All letters to and from foreign countries, the British. 
North American Provinces excepted, are charged Hvo rates for 
every ounce or fractional part of an ounce over the first ounce. 

Newspapers and periodicals to foreign countries, (particularly 
to the continent of Europe), must be sent in narrow bands, open 
at the sides or ends ; otherwise they are chargeable there with 
letter postage. 

On Transient Newspapers, Books, or othep^ printed 

MATTER. 

Each newspaper, periodical, unsealed circular, or other article 
of printed matter (except books), weighing three ounces or less, 
when sent to any part of the United States, if prepaid, one cent, 
and one cent additional for each ounce or fractional part of an 
ounce more than three. 

The same when 7iot prepaid, double those rates. 

Each newspaper or periodical, not exceeding one ounce and a 
half in weight, when circulated in the state where published, is 
subject to a postage of one half cent only. 

Packages of small newspapers published monthly or oftener, 
and pamphlets* not containing more than sixteen octavo pages, 
when sent to one address in packages weighing at least eight 
ounces, and prepaid by postage stamps, four cents, and one half 
cent additional for each ounce or fractional part of an ounce over 
eight. 

Small newspapers, &c., when sent in packets of less than eight 
ounces, or to more than one address, must be rated singly. 

Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, for 
any distance under 3000 miles, when p)rcpaid., one cent per 
ounce. 

The same when not prepaid, one and a half cent per ounce. 
' The same for any distance over 3000 miles, when prepaid 
two cents per ounce. 

The same when not prepaid, three cents per ounce. 

Note. — The weight of newspapers, periodicals, and other 
printed matter, must be taken or determined when they are in a 
dry state. 

Newspapers, periodicals, magazines, or any other printed 
paper or matter, must be sent without covers or wrappers, or in 
covers or wraj)pers open at the ends or sides, so that the charac- 

* By a decision of the Postmaster-general, a pamphlet is defined to be a printed but 
nnbonnd publication, relating solely to some subject ofiocal, ephemeral, or temporary inter- 
est or iiuportauce only. 



210 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

ter of the matter contained therein may be determined without 
removing such wrappers. 

In case there is on or in any newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, 
or other printed matter or paper connected therewith, any manu- 
script of any kind by which information shall be asked for or 
communicated in writing, or by marks or signs (except the bills 
and receipts of publishers, as provided by law), or the directions 
herein prescribed are in any other respect not complied with, the 
same becomes subject to letter postage ; and it is the duty of the 
postmaster to remove the wrappers or envelopes from all printed 
matter not charged with letter postage, for the purpose of as- 
certaining whether there is upon or connected with such printed 
matter, or in such package, any matter or thing which would au- 
thorize or require the charge of a higher rate of postage thereon. 

It will be observed that except in respect to books, the post- 
age on all printed matter to California and Oregon, is the same 
as to any other part of the United States. 



QUARTERLY RATES OF POSTAGE. 

AVhen paid Quarterly or yearly in advance, on Newspapers and Periodicals 
sent from the office of Publicalion to actual subscribers. 

Weekly newspapers (one copy only) sent by the publishers to 
actual subscribers within the county where printed and published, 
free of charge. 

Newspapers and periodicals, not exceeding one and a half 
ounce in weight, when circulated in the State where published, 
will be charged the following rates per quarter, ^jrc/;ai<:/ — 

Daily, 22| cents; Six times a week, 19-| cents; tri-weekly, 
9 1 cents ; semi-weekly, 6^ cents ; weekly 3^: cents ; semi-monthly, 
1 ^ cents ; monthly, f cent. 

The same not exceeding 3 ounces in weight, sent to any part 
of the United States, at double the above rates. 

The same when weighing over 3 ounces, will be charged the 
same rate for each additional ounce or fractional part of an ounce 
as for the first three. 

Note. — When periodicals are printed not oftener than once 
a quarter, and are sent from the office of publication* to actual 
subscribers, the amount of postage being marked thereon as pre- 
paid, at the mailing office, and the name of that office with the 
date of mail being written or stamped thereon, will be sufficient 
evidence to warrant their delivery without further charge — such 
periodicals may be prepaid by stamps. 

Quarterly payments in advance, may be made either at the 
mailing office or the office of delivery. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 211 



Publishers of newspapers and periodicals may send to each 
other from their respective offices of publication, free of postage 
one copy of each publication, and may also send to each actual 
subscriber, enclosed m their publications, bills and receipts for 
the same, free of postage. 

' Postmasters are not entitled to receive newspapers free of 
postage under their franking privilege. 

If the publisher of any newspaper or periodical, after bein^ 
three months previously notified that his publication is not taken 
out of the office to which it is sent for delivery, continue to for- 
ward such publication in the mail, the postmaster to whose office 
such publication is sent will dispose of the same for the postao-e 
unless the publisher shall pay it; and whenever any print"ed 
matter of any description, received during one quarter of the 
fascal year, shall have remained in the office without being called 
torduringthe whole of any succeeding quarter, the postmaster 
at such office will sell the same, and credit the proceeds of such 
sale in his quarterly account, in the usual manner. 



RATE OR PRICE OF FARE FOR COACH, CARRIAGE 
OR CAB HIRE, IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN. ' 

Not exceeding one mile, one Passenger, 
Every additional passenger, - 
Over one, and not exceeding two miles, 
Every additional passenger, - 

BY THE HOUR. 

One or more passengers, 

For the second hour, - - . . 

For every succeeding hour, 

BY THE DAY. 

One or more passengers, - . ^ - $5 00 

For children between 2 and 14 years of age, half price. 
Children under two years of age, no charge. 

^^ For asking or receiving any greater rate or price than the 
above, the owner or driver forfeits $10. 

In ease of any disagreement as to dlstaiice or price, the same 
Bhali be determined by the Mayor of the city. 



25 


cents. 


25 


u 


50 


u 


25 


u 


. 


$1.00 


- 


0.75 


- 


0.50 



212 



BROOKLYN CITY AND 



A LAW TO FIX AND REGULATE THE RATES OR PRICES 

OF CARTAGE FOR CARTMEN OF THE CITY OF 

BROOKLYN. 

Passed May 1st, 1854. 

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Brooklyn, in Com- 
mon Council convened, do ordain as follows :— 

Sec. 1. The Prices or Rates to be taken by Cartmen for the 
loading, conveying, or unloading of Goods, Wares, Merchandise, 
and other things, shall be as follows : — 

Ale or beer, every hogshead, from 60 to 90 gallons, | 

Alum or copperas, every hogshead, from 12 to 15 hun- 
dred weight, ------ 

Alum or copperas, every hogshead over one ton weight, 
Bread, every four tierces, - . - - 

Bricks, every load, ..... 

Bricks, every load handled and piled, ... 
Boards, planks, and scantling, or other timber, every load. 
Beef or pork, every five barrels, - - - . 

Cables, half shot, from 5 to 7 inches in circumference. 
Cables, whole shot, from 5 to 7 inches in circumference, 
Cables, half shot, from 7 to 10 inches in circumference, - 
Cables, whole shot, from 7 to 10 inches in circumference. 
Cables, whole shot, of 10 and not exceeding 12 inches in 
circumference, - . . . . 

Cables, whole shot, of 12 and not exceeding 14 inches in 
circumference, ..... 

Cables, half shot, of the last two preceding dimensions, - 

Cables, half shot, of 14 and not exceeding 15 inches in 

circumference, ..... 

Cables, whole shot, of 14 and not exceeding 15 inches in 
circumference, . - - . . 

Cables, whole shot, of above 15 inches in circumference, 
Calves, sheep, lambs, every load. 
Cider, cheese, cocoa, every load, - - - - 

Clay or sand, every 12 bushels, - - - - 

Coal, every half chaldron or ton, 

Coffee, in bags or barrels, every load. 

Coffee, every hogshead over one thousand weight, 

Cordage, small, every load, . . . - 



37| 



44 
68 
37i 
37i 
60" 
371 
44 
44 
75 
871 
1.75 

2.00 

3 00 
1.50 

1.75 

4.00 
5.00 
50 
371 
50 
68 
371 



44 



>71 
>'2 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 



213 



Cotton, every three bales, 
Dry wood, every load. 
Earthenware, loose, every load, - 
European goods, every load, 
Fire wood, every load, 
Fish, dried, loose, every load, 
Flax seed, every three tierces, 
Flour, every 12 bags or 7 barrels, 
Furniture, household, housing every load. 
Gammons or hams, every load, 
Hay, in bales, bundles, or trusses, every load, 
Hay, loose, every load, - 
Heading or staves, every load, - 
Hemp, in bales or bundles, every load, - 
Hemp, loose, every twelve hundred weight. 
Hides, every fifty, 
Hoops, in bundles, every load, - 
Hoop poles, every load, - - - 

Iron hollow ware, every load, 
Iron bar, every load, ... 
Molasses, every hogshead, from 60 to 90 gallons, 
Molasses, every hogshead, from 90 to 140 gallons, 
Oil, every three barrels, - - 

Oysters, oyster shells or pantiles, every load. 
Paints or whiting, every hogshead, from twelve to fifteen 
hundred weight, . . . - . 

Paints or whiting, over one ton weight, - - - 

Paints, whiting, or pimento, every load, 
Plaster of Paris, every ton, . . - . 

Potash, every three barrels, .... 

Rum, every hogshead, . - - . . 

Salt, every twenty bushels, . . . - 

Shingles, in bundles, long cedar or pine, every load, 

Shingles, cypress, 22 inches, every two thousand. 

Stone, paving or building, every load. 

Stone, cut, every load, - . . - - 

Sugar, Havana, every three boxes. 

Sugar, every hogshead, from 9 to 15 hundredweight 

Sugar, every hogshead, over one ton weight, 

Tar, pitch, or turpentine, every 5 barrels, 

Tea, every load, ------ 

Tiles, or slates, every load, . . - - 

Tobacco, every common hogshead, ... 

Tobacco, every hogshead over one ton weight, 
Wheat or other grain, every load, 



44 

37i 

56 

50 

37^ 

66 



37^ 

1.50 
37^ 
37i 

1.00 

m 

44 

75 

44 

37i 

66 

44 

44 

44 

62^ 

37^ 

44 



44 

75 

37^ 

37^ 

37^ 

50 

44 

37i 

50 

37 

48 

44 

44 

75 

37^ 

44 

56 

44 

75 

50 



214 BROOKLYN CITY AND 

Wine, gin or brandy, every pipe over 100 gallons, - 62^ 

Wine, every four quarter cask, - - - - 50 

And for every load of goods, wares, merchandise or other 

thing not above enumerated, - - - - 44 



BROOKLYN RIDING SCHOOL, 

FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
College Place. 
(Rear of the Mansion House.) 
Robert H. Curtis, Proprietor. 

HOURS OF TUITION. 

For Ladies exclusively, from 9 A. M. to 12 M. 
For Gentlemen and Ladies, from 3 to 5 P. M. 
For Gentlemen, from 8 to 10 P. M. 



EAST BROOKLYN EQUESTRIAN INSTITUTE. 

61 South 4th street. 

02:)en every day except Sundays. 
George W. Walkefc & Co.. Proprietors. 

Hours for Ladies, from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 
" " Gentlemen, from 5 to 10 P. M. 

No Oentlemen admiited during the hours appropriated to Ladies. 



BROOKLYN GYMNASTIC AND CALISTHENIC INSTI- 
TUTION. 

Corner Fulton and Pineapple sts. 
Joseph B. Jones, Proprietor. 

Classes for Gentlemen meet daily, under the superintend- 
ence of Mr. Jones. 

Classes for Ladies and Misses, meet Tuesdays, Thursdays, 
and Saturdays, under the superintendence of Madame Beaujeu 
Hawley. 



KINGS COUNTY RECORD. 215 



GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1855.* 

EXECUTIVE. 

SALARY. 

Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, President, - - - $25,000 

Vacancy,! Vice President, 8,000 

HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND CABINET. 

William L. Marcy, l^ew York, Secretary of State, • • 8,000 

James Guthrie, Kentucky, Secretary of the Treasury, - - 8,000 

Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, Secretary of War, - . - 8,000 

James C. Dobbin, North Carolina, Secretary of the Navy, - 8,000 

Robert McClelland, Michigan, Secretary of the Interior, - 8.000 

James Campbell, Penns3'lvauia, Postmaster-General, - - 8,000 

Caleb Cushing, Massachusetts, Attorney-General, - - 8,000 



NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT FOR 1855. 

SALART. 

Myron H. Clark, Governor, |4,000 

l^^i>iK^ S.'RKYTsioy.T), Lieutenant-Governor, - - - - $6 a day 

Eli AS W. Leavenworth, Sec. State and Sup' t Coynmon Schools, 2,500 

James M, Cook, Comptroller, 2,500 

Elbridge G. Spaulding, Treasurer, - . . . _ 1,500 

Ogden Hoffman, Attorney-General, 2,000 

John T. Clark, State Engineer and Surveyor, - - . 2,500 

Marius Schoonmaker, Siqy't Banking Department, - - 2,500 
Henry Fitzhugh, \ 

Frederick Follett, >• Canal Coinmissioners, each, - - 1,'700 
Cornelius Gardinier, ) 

Norwood Bowne, \ 

Darius Clark, V Inspectors of State Prisons, each, - 1,600 

Thomas Kirkpatrick, ) 



SALARIES OF OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BROOK- 
LYN, 1855. 

ELECTED OFFICERS. 

Mayor, per year, S3, 000 

Comptroller, 1,800 

City Treasurer, 2,500 

Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, ------ 1,500 

Street Commissioner, Western District, 2,000 

Ditto, Eastern District, 1,000 

Auditor, 1,500 

Chief of Police, 1,800 



* The prepent Administration dates from the 4th of March, 1853, 
t Uou. Wm. 11. King, of Alabama, Vice President, died April 18, 



1853. 



216 



BROOKLYN CITY RECORD. 



Collector of Taxes, Western District, 2,000 

Ditto, ditto, Eastern District, 1,250 

Police Justices, each, - -- 1,500 

Justices of the Peace, 1st and 2d Districts, each, - - - - 1,500 

Captains of l^olice, each, .-_..--. 800 
Assessors, each, - - - - - - - - - -'700 

APPOINTED OFFICERS. 

City Clerk, S2,000 

Deputy City Clerk, 1,000 

Assistant City Clerks, 1st, 2d, and 8d, each, 700 

Mayor's Clerk, 500 

Mayor's Messenger, 400 

Collector of Arrears and Assessments, - 800 

Deputy Comptroller, 1,000 

Depiity Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, .... 800 

Foreman of Repairs and Supplies, 700 

Deputy Street Commissioner, -.-.-.. 1,000 

Clerk to Street Commissioner, 750 

Ordinance Clerk, 750 

Clerk to Chief of Police, - - - ^ 500 

Assistant Collector of Taxes, "Western District, - - - . 1,000 

Three Clerks to Collector of Taxes, ditto, each, ... - 800 

Five ditto, ditto, each, 700 

Assistant Collector of Taxes, Eastern District, - - - , - 800 

Clerk to ditto, - - _ 700 

Two Clerks to Police Justices, each, 600 

Two Clerks to Justices of the Peace, 1st and 2d District, each, - 500 

Clerk of the Board of Assessors, 1,000 

Clerk to Auditor, - _ - - - -^ ^ 700 

Clerk to Street Commissioner, Eastern District, - - - - 500 

Chief Engineer, Western District, ------- 1,100 

Ditto, Eastern District, 800 

Seven Bell Ringers, each, , - . 500 

Five Fire Wardens, each, ...-.--- 30O 

Attorney and Counsellor to the Corporation, - - . - 3,000 

Assistant Attorney, Western District, 1,000 

Ditto, Eastern District, 1,000 

Clerk to Corporation Counsellor and Attorney, - - - - 700 
Attorney and Counsellor to late City of Williamsburgh, 

Health Officer, 750 

Three Inspectors of Pavements, each, 850 

Four Inspectors of Meats, each, ------- 50O 

Clerk of the Market, 800 

Two Constables, 800 

Inspector of Hacks, 300 

Keeper of City Hall and Messenger of Board, - - - - 900 

Sweeper of City Hall, 850 

Keeper of City Park, . - . • 300 

Keeper of City Buildings, Eastern District, ----- 360 

Assistant Captains of Police, each S'1.87^ per day. 

Policemen, each $1.75 per day. 

Gas Lamplighters, 1^ cents per light for each night lighted. 

Oil and Camphene Lamplighters, 1-^ cents per light for each night 

lighted, including filling, trimming, and cleaning. 



CHARTER 



OF THE 



CONSOL1DA.TED 



CITY OF BROOKLYN. 



Passed April 17, 1854— to take effect January 1, 1855. 



BROOKLYI^: 
PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM H. SMITH 



AT THE 



Office of the City Directory and City and County Record, 

Mootagae Hall, €oart St., City Hall Sqnarc. 

1855. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



TITLES. 



BOFNDAKIKS OF CiTT AKD "WaEDS, 

Of the Co.mmox Cotkcil .... 
Of City Officers, their Electiox axd Duties, 
Of Assessmento fok Puhlic ok Local Improvements, 
Of the Collection of Taxes and Assessments, 
Of the Day and Night Police Department, 
Of the Fire Department, 

-tsiDNERS OF Excise, . . . 

O; - lioARD OF Health, 
Of the Financial Department, 
Miscellaneous Provisions, 



Abstract of assef^rnent rolls to be made. 

Affidavit of publication, . 

Affidavit of service of notice, 

Aldermen, board of 

Aldermen, classification of . 

Aldermen, powers of 

Aldermen, qnalifications of . 

Aldermen, terms of 

Aldermen to be fence viewers. 

Amount of surety. 

Annual meeting. 

Appointment of officers, 

Approach of vessels, 

Armory, gun-house, &c., 

Assessment laws. 

Assessment rolls, 

Assessment rolls, abstract to be made. 

Assessment-^, notice of . 

Assessors, election of 

Assessors, pay of 

Assessors, powers of . 

Assistant captains of police. 

Assistant collectors, . 

Assisuint collectors, their powers. 

Attorney and counsel. 

Auditor, .... 

Auditor and comptroller to examine 

Ballots, .... 

Board of aldermen, . 

Board of assessoi-s, president of 

Board of canvassers, 

Board of canvassers, minutes of 

Board of education, . , 



\ 



account of collectors 



annually, 





TiiU. 


Vage. 


, , 


I. 


9 




IL 


15 


. . 


IIL 


24 




IV. 


34 


, 


V. 


43 




VL 


51 


, ^ 


VIL 


55 




VIII. 


59 


, , 


IX. 


61 




X. 


64 


• 


XL 


63 


TdU. 


Sec. 


Page. 


V. 


12 


46 


V. 


25 


49 


V. 


2S 


50 


ir. 


2 


16 


IL 


4 


16 


IL 


5 


16 


II. 


3 


16 


II. 


■ 5 


16 


II. 


20 


23 


III. 


27 


32 


II. 


22 


23 


III. 


24 


81 


IX. 


4 


61 


XI. 


8 


69 


IV. 


83 


42 


V. 


10 


45 


V. 


12 


46 


IV. 


24 


41 


IV. 


28 


41 


IV. 


82 


42 


IV. 


29 


42 


VI. 


21 


55 


V. 


4 


44 


V. 


6 


45 


III. 


IS 


30 


III. 


17 


80 


X. 


16 


67 


in. 


4 


25 


ir. 


2 


16 


IX 


31 


42 


III. 


7 


26 


III. 


10 


27 


. XL 


13 


70 



INDEX. 



Board of firewardens, . . . • 

Board of health, . . . • 

Board of health, office of • • • 

Board of health, penalty f(»r violating rules, 

Board of health, powers of . • • 

Board of health, president of . • 

Boarding-house keepers to report cases of sickness 

Bond for licenses, . . 

Bonds for loans, when to be issued, 

Bonds of collectors, . . • ,^ • .^ a- „ 

Books, papers, &c., to be transferred to the city oflices 

Boundary of the city, 

Brooklyn debts, . . . • • 

Brooklyn sinking fund. 

Canvass of November, 1S54, 

Canvass, certificate of result, 

Canvass, statements of . 

Captains of police, . . . • 

Captains of police, their duties, 

Certain offices declared offices of record, . 

Certificates of indebtedness fur assessments, . 

Cession of lands to city. 

Chief of police, . .... 

Chief of police, his powers, , 

Chief of police may suspend policemen, 

City clerk, his duties. 

City court of Brooklyn, , 

Citv officers, . . • • • 

City offices, qualifications for 

City survey>)rs. . . . • 

Classification of accounts, 

Classification of aldermen, . 

Clerk of common council. 

Clerk of police, . • • 

Collectors' bonds, wiien to be sued. 

Collectors' duties in relation to unpaid taxes. 

Collectors, election of . . • 

Collectors, renewal of bond, *. 

Collectors, suspension of 

Collectors, their bonds, . • • 

Collectors to pay over moneys collected, 

Commissioner (>f repairs and supplies, 

Commissioners of excise, _ . 

Commissioners of excise, classified. 

Commissioners of excise, meetings of . 

Commissioners of excise, pay of • . • , 

Commissioners of excise, penalty for refusing to ser\ 

Commissioners of excise, quorum of 

Commissioners of excise, term of office 

Commissioners of excise, to grant licenses. 

Commissioners' notice of meeting to revise report. 

Commissioners, pay of . • • 

Commissioners' report, appeal fVom, .. 

Commissioners' report, confirmation of 

Commissioners' report, costs of appeal from . 

Commissioners' report, hearing of appeal, . 

Commissioners, report of . • • 

Commissioners to be sworn. 

Common council, . * -' v' 

Common council, certain disabilities of members, 

Common council, clerk of . . • 

Common council, president of 

Common council, quorum of . . • 

Common council, special powers of 

Common council, stated meetings of . 

Common council, terms of office, . 

Common council, vacancies how filled, . 

Compensation of policemen, 

Competency, . . . . t 

Complaints of crimes and ofifences, • 

Comptroller, . . . • • 



Title. 


Sec Page. 


YII. 


18 


59 


IX. 


1 


61 


IX. 


8 


61 


IX. 


9 


63 


IX. 


8 


62 


IX. 


2 


61 


IX. 


6 


62 


VIII. 


9 


60 


X. 


11 


66 


V. 


2 


44 


XI. 


16 


71 


I. 


1 


9 


X. 


5 


65 


X. 


6 


65 


III. 


6 


26 


III. 


9 


26 


III. 


5 


26 


YI. 


5 


52 


VI. 


6 


5:5 


XI. 


3 


m 


X. 


13 


66 


III. 


19 


30 


VI. 


2 


52 


VI. 


3 


52 


VI. 


14 


54 


III. 


20 


31 


iir. 


86 


34 


III. 


1 


25 


III. 


2 


25 


III. 


21 


81 


X. 


2 


64 


II. 


4 


16 


II. 


7 


17 


VI. 


4 


52 


V. 


17 


47 


V. 


32 


51 


V. 


1 


43 


V. 


7 


45 


V. 


3 


44 


V. 


2 


44 


V. 


13 


46 


III. 


16 


29 


VIII. 


1 


59 


VIII. 


2 


60 


VIII. 


5 


60 


VIII. 


8 


60 


VIII. 


4 


60 


VIII. 


6 


60 


VIII. 


3 


60 


VIII. 


6 


60 


IV. 


12 


38 


IV. 


17 


40 


IV. 


12 


3S 


IV. 


15 


39 


IV. 


14 


39 


IV. 


13 


39 


IV. 


7 


87 


IV. 


6 


86 


II. 


1 


16 


III. 


83 


83 


II. 


7 


17 


II. 


9 


17 


II. 


8 


17 


II. 


13 


18 


II. 


12 


18 


II. 


6 


16 


II. 


6 


16 


VI. 


15 


54 


XI. 


2 


68 


VI. 


7 


53 


HI. 


13 


23 



INDEX. 



Constables, ...... 

Conveyances, . . . . • 

Conveyance, wljen to be made, 

Corpuration papers. 

Correction of assessment, .... 

Costs and fees of counsel, 

Crimes, report of .... , 

Damage for pulling down buildings, . . 

DamagCvS, how to be paid, . . . • 

Damages when a person is separated from a highway. 
Debts of the respective cities to be paid, . 
Deputy collectors, .... 

Deputy collectors, their powers, 

Destruction of buildings to arrest fires, , 

Districts, ...... 

Duties of policemen, .... 

Election of assessors, ..... 

Election of collectors, .... 

Election of mayor, ..... 

Elections, ...... 

Embezzlement, ..... 

Embezzlement or loaning of public money, 
Enlargement of fire limits, .... 

Estimate of benefits by improvements, 

Estimate of damage by improvements. 

Estimate of damage by intervening lands, 

Excess of estimate over expenses for improvements, 

Exemption of firemen. .... 

Existing ordinances of Brooklyn, 

Expense of collection of taxes and assessments, 

Expenses for improvements, how assessed, 

Ex[)enses of lamp and fire district, 

Expenses of local improvements, 

Expenses, yearly estimate of . 

Fees and costs of justices to be paid into the treasury 

Fence viewers, ..... 

Finances, ...... 

Fines and penalties, how imposed. 

Fines, remission of . . . . 

Fines, remission of . * . . 

Fines to be kept as a fund, .... 

Fire and lamp districts, .... 

Fire and lamp districts, expenses of . » 

Fire districts, ..... 

Fire engines and apparatus, .... 

Fire limits, ..... 

Fire limits, notice of petition to enlarge, . 
Fire wardens, ..... 

Former fire limits, .... 

General fund, ..... 

Grading and paving streets, . , , , 

Guardians for infants, &c., . . . 

Gunpowdor, ...... 

Health oflicer's duties, .... 

Hospital;:., ...... 

Infant and incompetent owners, . . 

Injured firemen, . . . . , 

Investment of sinking fund, . , 

Lamp and fire districts, .... 

Lamj) and fire districts, expenses of . . 

Laying out of streets, .... 

Licenses, bond for ... , 

Licenses, how signed, .... 

Lien of assessments, .... 

List of unpaid taxes and assessments to be published. 
Making and repealing ordinances. 
Maps of premises to be taken, . . , 

Mayor, duties of . . . , . 

Mayor, election of . . . . 

Mayor, to estimate yearly expenses of city, 
Mayor, vacancy in ofiice of . . 



Tn!/-. 


5<<-. 


Page. 


II L 


22 


31 


V. 


33 


51 


V. 


30 


50 


IL 


19 


23 


IV. 


26 


41 


IV. 


20 


40 


VI. 


8 


53 


vn. 


16 


58 


IV. 


16 


40 


IV. 


11 


38 


X. 


4 


65 


V. 


5 


44 


V. 


6 


45 


VIL 


9 


57 


in. 


85 


34 


VL 


12 


53 


IV. 


28 


41 


V. 


1 


43 


IIL 


11 


27 


in. 


3 


25 


XL 


4 


68 


V. 


9 


45 


vn. 


12 


58 


IV. 


9 


38 


IV. 


10 


88 


IV. 


11 


38 


IV. 


IS 


40 


VIL 


5 


56 


XL 


9 


69 


V, 


8 


45 


IV. 


23 


41 


IL 


25 


24 


XL 


11 


69 


IL 


21 


28 


YL 


19 


55 


IL 


20 


23 


X. 


1 


64 


VL 


20 


55 


IL 


26 


24 


HI. 


19 


30 


VIL 


6 


57 


II. 


23 


28 


IL 


25 


24 


VIL 


1 


56 


VIL 


3 


56 


VIL 


10 


57 


VII. 


13 


58 


VII. 


2 


56 


VIL 


11 


57 


X. 


3 


64 


IV. 


22 


40 


IV. 


19 


40 


VIL 


8 


57 


IX. 


10 


63 


IX. 


8 


62 


V. 


81 


50 


VIL 


T 


57 


X. 


7 


65 


IL 


23 


23 


II. 


25 


24 


IV. 


1 


85 


VIIL 


9 


60 


VIIL 


7 


60 


IV. 


21 


40 


V. 


24 


49 


IL 


14 


22 


IV. 


5 


86 


IIL 


11 


27 


IIL 


11 


27 


IL 


21 


23 


UL 


12 


28 



INDEX. 



Members of common council, certain disabilities. 

Moneys borrowed to be ap')lied to specific purposes, 

Mortjiairees, notice to .... 

Kewspapors to be designated, 

Oath of otlJce, ..... 

OlKcc of board of health, 

Officers, fljiixiintment of, .... 

OfHcers of police, .... 

Offices of record, ..... 

Official term of office, .... 

Ordinances and resolutions, how passed, . 

Ordinances, nirtkin<; and repealing of 

Ordinances, penalties for violation of 

Ordinances, publication of . . . 

Ordinances, suits how brought, 

Ordinances, &c., to be published In corporation papers. 

Paving and grading streets, . . 

Pay of assessors, ..... 

Penalty for erecting buildings contrary to law, . 

Penalty for not delivering over books and papers. 

Penalties for violation of ordinances, &c., . 

Penalties for violating rules of board of health, 

Penalties recovered payable into city treasury, . 

Perjury, . . ' . 

Permanent loans, .... 

Petition, ..... 

Petition, expenses in case prayer is denied, 

Petition, luoceedings on. 

Physicians to rejiort cases of malignant sickness. 

Police captains, .... 

Police captains, duties of 

Police chief, .... 

Police chief, his powers, 

Police clerk, .... 

Police districts. 

Police officers, .... 

Policemen, .... 

Policemen, duties of 

Policemen exempt from jury duty, 

Policemen may be suspended by chief. 

Policemen not to receive fees, 

Policemen, their compensation. 

Policemen to attend meetings of common council and at elections. 

Policemen to be present at fires, 

Policemen, ward. 

Power to borrow money, 

Powers of aldermen. 

Powers of assessors. 

Powers of board of health, . 

Present Avood buildings may be repaired. 

President of board of assessors. 

President of common council, . 

Presiding officer and clerk, . 

Proof of ordinances, . . . 

Property and debts of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, and Bushwick, 

Publication of ordinances. 

Publication of recei[)ts and expenditures. 

Qualification of aldermen. 

Quorum of common council, 

Reassessment for improvements, . 

Eedemption of land, 

Kejected assessments, 

Rejected taxes to be relevied, 

Rejection of taxes for imperfect description. 

Remission of fines. 

Remission of tines. 

Removal of houses, . 

Removals, .... 

Report of commissioners, 

Rejwrt of commissioners on sinking fund, 

Report of committee of common council on nssesaor's report 



nue. 


Sec. 


Prt.v. 


III. 


33 


S3 


X. 


14 


66 


Y. 


27 


50 


II. 


19 


23 


in. 


2S 


32 


IX. 


3 


61 


III. 


24 


31 


VI. 


1 


52 


XI. 


3 


6S 


III. 


23 


31 


II. 


10 


17 


II. 


14 


22 


II. 


16 


22 


II. 


18 


22 


II. 


17 


22 


II. 


19 


23 


IV. 


22 


40 


IV. 


32 


42 


VII. 


15 


58 


III. 


32 


83 


II. 


16 


22 


IX. 


9 


63 


XI. 


7 


69 


XI. 


1 


68 


X. 


9 


66 


IV. 


2 


35 


IV. 


4 


86 


IV. 


3 


85 


IX. 


5 


62 


VI. 


5 


52 


VI. 


6 


53 


VI. 


2 


52 


VI. 


3 


52 


VI. 


4 


52 


VI. 


10 


53 


VI. 


1 


53 


VI. 


9 


53 


VI. 


12 


53 


VI. 


16 


54 


VI. 


14 


54 


VI. 


18 


55 


VI. 


15 


54 


VI. 


17 


54 


VI. 


13 


54 


VI. 


11 


53 


IX. 


11 


63 


II. 


5 


16 


IV. 


29 


42 


IX. 


8 


62 


VII. 


14 


58 


IV. 


31 


42 


II. 


9 


17 


II. 


24 


24 


XI. 


5 


63 


X. 


15 


67 


II. 


18 


22 


II. 


11 


17 


II. 


3 


16 


11. 


S 


17 


V. 


22 


48 


V. 


29 


50 


V. 


21 


48 


V. 


20 


48 


V. 


19 


48 


II. 


26 


24 


III. 


19 


80 


II. 


15 


22 


III. 


31 


83 


IV. 


7 


87 


X. 


8 


65 


IV. 


25 


41 



INDEX. 



Report of crimes, .... 

Residue of lots injured, 

Eesignatlons and vacancies, 

Eights and liabilities of respective cities, . 

Rules and fines for fire department, 

Salaries, ..... 

Sale of lands, ..... 

Saving clause, .... 

Service of process on boats and vessels, 
Sick persons not to be removed from vessels, 
Sinking fund, ..... 

Sinking fund, commissioners of 

Special fund, ..... 

Special powers of common council, , 

Stated meetings of common council, . . 

Statement of canvass, 
Statement of votes, .... 

Street commissioner, . . . 

Streets in first five wards, . . . 

Streets, laying out of . , . 

Suits for fines,. ..... 

Supervisors, ..... 

Sureties, ...... 

Sureties, amount of . 

Sureties of constables, .... 

Suspension of collectors, 

Taxes and assessments, expense of collection, , 

Taxes due and unpaid, how to be applied, 

Taxes paid within thirty days, . 

Taxes paid within sixty days. 

Taxes unpaid after one hundred and eighty days, 

Taxes unpaid to be credited to collectors, . 

Temporary loans, .... 

Term of office of aldermen, . 
Terms of office of common council, 
Times when this act takes effect, . 
Treasurer, ..... 

Treasurer and comptroller may receive taxes. 

Unpaid assessments for want of jurisdiction, . 

Unpaid assessments on real estate, . 

Unpaid taxes and assessments, list of to be published 

Unpaid taxes to be credited to collectors, . 

Vacancies and resignations, . . 

Vote upon creating debt or loans, . 

Votes, statement of ... . 

Ward maps, ..... 

Ward policemen, .... 

Wards, boundaries of . . . 

Wards to be towns, .... 

Warrants of collectors, , 



TitU. 


Sec. 


I'ag(. 


VI. 


8 


53 


IV. 


8 


37 


III. 


80 


33 


XI. 


12 


70 


VII. 


4 


56 


III. 


29 


33 


V. 


26 


49 


XI. 


14 


70 


XL 


6 


63 


IX. 


7 


62 


X. 


8 


64 


X. 


6 


65 


X. 


8 


64 


II. 


13 


18 


II. 


12 


18 


III. 


5 


26 


III. 


8 


26 


III. 


14 


28 


IV. 


34 


42 


IV. 


1 


35 


VIL 


IT 


59 


III. 


34 


84 


III. 


25 


32 


III. 


27 


82 


III. 


26 


82 


V. 


3 


44 


V. 


8 


45 


XI. 


10 


69 


V. 


14 


46 


V. 


14 


46 


V. 


15 


47 


V. 


16 


47 


X. 


12 


66 


II. 


6 


16 


II. 


6 


16 


XI. 


15 


70 


III. 


15 


29 


V. 


18 


47 


V. 


22 


48 


V. 


23 


48 


V. 


24 


49 


V 


16 


47 


III. 


30 


83 


X. 


10 


66 


III. 


8 


26 


IV. 


80 


42 


VI. 


11 


53 


I. 


2-19 


9-14 


I. 


20 


15 


V. 


11 


46 



-A.]Sr ^CT 

TO CON-SOLTDATE THE CITIES OF BROOKLYJT AND 

WILLIAMSBURGH AND THE TOWN OF BUSHWICK 

INTO ONE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND 

TO INCORPORATE THE SAME. 



Passed AprU 17, 1854, three fifths being present. 

aJI'iT'I^' '-^l^' f;f' "^'^""'^ ^^^^' ^'presented in Senate and 
Assembly^ do enact as follows : 

TITLE L 

BOUNDARIES. 

Sec. 1. — Boundary of city. 

2 to 19. Boundaries of wards. 
20.— "Wards to be towns of the county. 

Section 1. All that part of the county of Kings at present known 
as the cities of Brooklyn and WiUiamsburgh and the town of Bush- 
wick, and which is bounded easterly by the town of Newtown, 
Queens county, south by the towns of New Lots, Flatbush, and New 
Utrecht, and west by tlie town of New Utrecht and the bay of New 
York, and north by the East river, shall be united into one municipal 
corporation, to be known and called the City of Brooklyn 
A'.J-^l T^^^i^stward of the said city shall comprise the following 
district, VIZ. : Beginning at a point on Atlantic street where the cen- 
ter lines of Atlantic and Hick streets intersect each other, and running 
iwtnn '.t^ ^ along the center of Atlantic street and k line in con? 
touation thereof to the East river; thence northeasterly along the 
±-a8t river to a point opposite the center of Fulton street, or a line in 
str^pl'tTt^ ^^^^f «f5/bence southeasterly along the center of Fulton 
street to the center of Hicks street; and thence southerly along the 
center of Hicks street to the place of beginning 
f.? J ^'- ^^'%^^^.^^^ ^ard of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
nf ^'nU^' • Beginmng at a point on the East river at the cente? Hne 
^L..T Ti ff ^^^^"^^' ^^d running thence southeasterly along 

«frp.f .t"" ''^l''''^ '^'f ^^ *^ ^ P^^"^ ^PP^^^te the center of Sandl 

street_ thence easterly along the center of Sands street to the center 
ot Bridge street; thence northerly along the center of Bridge street 
and a line in continuation thereof to the East river ; and thence west- 
erly along the East river to the place of beginning 



10 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title I.— Section 4. 

§ 4. The Third ward of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
trict, viz. : Beginning at a point on Fulton street where the center 
lines of Fulton street and Hicks street intersect each other, and run- 
ning thence southeasterly along the center of Fulton street and Fulton 
avenue to the center of Boerum street ; thence southerly along the 
center of Boerum street to the center of Atlantic street ; thence west- 
erly along the center of Atlantic street to the center of Hicks street ; 
and thence northerly along the center of Hicks street to the place of 
beginning. 

§ 5. The Fourth ward of the said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at a point where the center lines of Sands 
street and Fulton street intersect each other, and running thence 
easterly along the center of Sands street to the center of Bridge street ; 
thence southerly along the center of Bridge street to the center of 
Fulton avenue; and thence northwesterly along the center of Fulton 
avenue and Fulton street to the place of beginning. 

§ 6. The Fifth ward of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
trict, viz.: Beginning at a point where the center lines of Bridge 
street and Johnson street intersect each other, and running thence 
easterly along the center of Johnson street to the center of Navy 
street ; thence northerly along the center of IsTavy street to the north- 
erly side of Nassau street ; thence easterly along Nassau street to the 
southwesterly corner of the United States navy yard ; thence north- 
erly, northwesterly and northeasterly along the United States navy 
yard to the East river; thence westerly along the East river to a 
point on the continuation of the center line of Bridge street; thence 
southerly along the center of Bridge street to the place of beginning. 

§ 7. The Sixth ward of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
trict, viz. : Beginning on the East river, at the center of Atlantic 
street ; thence easterly along the center of Atlantic street to the cen- 
ter of Court street ; thence along the center of Court street to the cen- 
ter of Fourth place ; thence westerly along the center of Fourth place 
to the center of Henry street ; thence southeasterly along the center 
of Henry street to the center of Coles street ; thence westerly along 
the center of Coles street to the center of Hamilton avenue ; thence 
along the center of Hamilton avenue to the East river ; thence along 
the East river to the place of beginning. 

§ 8. The Seventh ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the 
center lines of Washington avenue and Atlantic avenue, and running 
thence easterly along the center of Atlantic avenue to the center of 
Bedford Avenue ; and thence northerly along the center of Bedford 
avenue to the center of De Kalb avenue ; thence easterly along the 
center of De Kalb avenue to the center of Nostrand avenue ; thence 
northerly along the center of Nostrand avenue to the center of 
Flushing avenue ; thence easterly along the center of Flushing ave- 
nue to the center of Division avenue; thence northwesterly along 
the center of Division avenue to the intersection of South-Sixth street, 
in the city of Williamsburgh ; thence westerly along the line of the 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER, H 



Title I.— Section 9. 



city of Williarasbnrgli to the Wallabout bay ; thence southerly along 
the Wallabout bay to the center of Washington avenue ; and thence 
southerly along the center of Washington avenue to the place of 
beginning. 

§ 9. The Eighth ward of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
trict, viz. : Beginning at a point where the center lines of Flatbush 
avenue and Fifth avenue intersect, and running thence south-easterly 
along the center of Flatbush avenue to the line of the town of Flat- 
bush ; thence southwesterly along said Flatbush line to the line of the 
town of New Utrecht ; thence southwesterly along said line, crossing 
a highway called Martense's lane ; thence southwesterly along said 
line to the southerly boundary of said city of Brooklyn ; thence north- 
westerly along the line of New Utrecht to the bay of New York ; 
thence northeasterly along the said bay and along Gowanus bay to 
the center line of First avenue ; thence northeasterly along the cen- 
ter of First avenue to the center of Fifth street; thence southeast- 
erly along the center of Fifth Street to the center of Second avenue ; 
thence northeasterly along the center of Second avenue to First street ; 
thence southeasterly along the center of First street to Fifth avenue ; 
ftience northerly along the center of Fifth avenue to the place of 
beginning. 

§ 10. The Ninth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at a point where the center lines of Atlan- 
tic street and Flatbush avenue intersect each other, and running thence 
southeasterly along the center of Flatbush avenue to the line of the 
town of Flatbnsh ; thience easterly along said line and along the line 
of the town of New Lots to the center of Division avenue ; thence 
northwesterly along the center of Division avenue to the center of 
Flushing avenue ; thence westerly along the center of Flushing ave- 
nue to the center of Nostrand avenue ; thence southerly along the 
center of Nostrand avenue to the center of De Kalb avenue; thence" 
westerly along the center of De Kalb avenue to the center of Bed- 
ford avenue ; thence southerly along the center of Bedford avenue to 
the center of Atlantic avenue ; thence westerly and northwesterly 
along the center of Atlantic street and Atlantic avenue to the place 
of beginning. 

§ 11. The Tenth ward of said city shall comprise the following dis- 
tricts, viz. : Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the 
center of Boerum and Fulton streets ; thence easterly along the cen- 
ter of Fulton street and Fulton avenue to the intersection of Fulton 
avenue and Flatbush avenue ; thence southerly along the center of 
Flatbush avenue to the center of Fifth avenue ; thence southerly along 
the center of Fifth avenue to the center of First street ; thence north- 
westerly along the center of First street to the center of Second ave- 
nue ; thence southwesterly along the center of Second avenue to the 
center of Fifth street ; thence westerly along the center of Fifth street 
to the center of Smith street ; thence southerly along the center of 
Smith street to the center of Fourth place ; thence westerly along the 
center of Fourth place to the center of Court street ; thence along 



12 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title L— Section 12. 



the center of Court street to the center of Atlantic street ; thence 
along the center of Atlantic street to the center of Boerum street ; 
thence northeasterly along the center of Boerum street to the place 
of beginning. 

§ 12. The Eleventh ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at a point where the center lines of Fulton 
avenue and Bridge street intersect each other ; thence running north- 
erly along the center of Bridge street to the center of Johnson street; 
thence easterly along the center of Johnson street to the center of 
Navy street ; thence northerly along the center of Navy street to the 
center of Nassau street : thence easterly along Nassau street to the 
southeasterly corner of the United States navy yard ; thence north- 
erly along the same to the East river ; tlience easterly along the East 
river and tlie WallaLout bay to the center of Washington avenue, or 
a line in continuation thereof; thence southerly along the center of 
"Washington avenue to the center of Atlantic avenue; thence westerly 
and northwesterly along the center of Atlantic avenue and Atlantic 
street to a point where the central lines of Atlantic street and Flat- 
bush avenue intersect each other ; thence nortiiwesterly along the 
center of Flatbush avenue to the center of Fulton avenue, and fYoi% 
thence westerly along the center of Fulton avenue to the place of 
beginning. 

§ 13. The Twelfth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning in the East river on the center line of Hamil- 
ton avenue ; thence southerly along the center of Hamilton avenue to 
the center of Coles street ; thence southeasterly along the center of 
Coles street to the center of Henry street ; thence northerly along the 
center of Henry street to the center of Fourth place ; thence south- 
easterly along the center of Fourth place to the center of Smith street ; 
thence northerly along the center of Smith street to the center of Fifth 
street ; thence southeasterly along the center of Fifth street to the 
center of First avenue ; thence southwesterly along the center of First 
avenue to Gowanus bay ; thence along the Gowanus bay and East 
river to the place of beginning. 

§ 14. The Thirteenth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at the permanent water line on the easterly 
side of the East river, where the same would be intersected by the 
dividing hue between the cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh ; 
thence running in an easterly direction along the said dividing line to 
the center of Ninth street and its intersection with said line ; thence 
in a northeasterly direction along the center of Ninth street to the 
center of the intersection of Ninth and Grand streets ; thence in a 
northwesterly direction along the center of Grand street to the per- 
manent line of the East river ; thence southwesterly along the perma- 
nent line of the East river to the dividing line between the cities of 
Broooklyn and Williamsburgh, the place of beginning. 

§ 15. The Fourteenth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at the easterly permanent line of the East 
river, where the same would be intersected by a line drawn through 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 13 

Title I.— Section 16. 

the center of Grand street ; thence running in a southeasterly direc- 
tion along the center of Grand street to the center of the intersection 
of Grand and Ninth streets ; thence in a northeasterly direction along 
the center of Ninth street to the center of the intersection of North- 
S Second and Ninth streets ; thence in an easterly direction along the 
center of North-Second street to the center of tlie intersection of North- 
Second street and Union avenue ; thence in a nortlierly direction 
along the center of Union avenue to the center of the intersection of 
Union avenue hy Fifth street ; thence in a northeasterly direction 
along the center of Fifth street to the center of the intersection of 
North-Fourteenth street hy Fifth street ; thence in a northwesterly 
direction along the center of North-Fourteenth street to the center of 
the intersection of North-Fourteenth and First streets ; thence in a 
southwesterly direction along the center of First street to the center 
of the intersection of First and North-Thirteenth streets ; thence in a 
northwesterly direction along the center of North-Thirteenth street to 
the easterly permanent line of the East river ; thence in a southwest- 
erly direction along the easterly permanent line of the East river to 
the center of Grand street, the place of beginning. 

§ 16. The Fifteenth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at the center of the intersection of South- 
Second and Ninth streets ; thence running in a southeasterly direction 
along the center of South-Second street to the center of the intersection 
of South-Second street by Union avenue ; thence in a northerly direc- 
i tion along the center of Union avenue to the center of the intersection 
! of Wyckotf street by Union avenue ; thence in an easterly direction 
along the center of Wyckoff street to the center of the intersection of 
Wyckoif street and Bushwick avenue ; thence in a northwesterly di- 
rection along the center of Bushwick avenue to the center of the 
intersection of Bushwick avenue and North-Second street ; thence in 
a westerly direction along the center of North-Second street to the 
center of the intersection of North-Second street and Smith street ; 
thence in a northerly direction along the center of Smith street to the 
center of the intersection of Smith street and Eichardson street ; thence 
in a westerly direction along the center of Eichardson street to the 
center of the intersection of Eichardson and Leonard streets ; thence 
in a northerly direction along the center of Leonard street to the center 
of the intersection of Leonard and Van Pelt streets ; thence in a west- 
erly direction along the center of Van Pelt street to the center of the 
intersection of Van Pelt street by Fifth street ; thence in a south- 
w^esterly direction along the center of Fifth street to the center of the 
intersection of Union avenue by Fifth street ; thence in a southerly 
direction along the center of Union avenue to the center of the inter- 
section of Union avenue and North-Second street ; thence in a west- 
erly direction along the center of North-Second street to the center of 
the intersection of Ninth street by North-Second street ; thence in a 
southwesterly direction along the center of Ninth street to the inter- 
section of Ninth and South-Second streets, the place of beginning. 
§ 17. The Sixteenth ward of said city shall comprise the following 



14 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title T.— Section 18. 

district, viz. : Beginning at the intersection of Ninth street and the 
dividing line between the cities of Brooklyn and "Williamsbnrgh ; 
thence running in a southeasterly direction along the said dividing 
line to the intersection with the center of the Brooklyn and New- 
town turnpike ; thence in an easterly direction along the center of 
said turnpike to the center of its intersection with Bushwick avenue ; 
thence in a northerly, northwesterly and northeasterly direction along 
the center of Bushwick avenue to the center of the intersection of 
"Wyckoff street and Bushwick avenue; thence westerly along the 
center of AVyckoff street to the center of the intersection of Wyckotf 
street by Union avenue ; thence in a southerly direction along the 
center of Union avenue to the center of the intersection of South- 
Second street by Union avenue ; thence in a northwesterly direc- 
tion along the center of South-Second street to the center of the 
intersection of South-Second and Ninth streets ; thence in a south- 
westerly direction to the center of the intersection of Ninth street 
and the dividing line between the cities of Brooklyn and Williams- 
burgh, the place of beginning. 

§ 18. The Seventeenth ward of said city shall comprise the follow- 
ing district, viz. : Beginning at the easterly permanent line of the 
East river, Avhere the same would be intersected by a line drawn 
through the center of North-Thirteenth street ; thence running in a 
southeasterly direction along the center of North-Tliirteenth street to 
the center of the intersection of North-Thirteenth and First streets ; 
thence northeasterly along the center of First street to the center of 
the intersection of North-Fourteenth and First streets ; thence in a 
northeasterly direction along the center of North-Fourteenth street to 
the center of the intersection of North-Fourteenth street by Fifth 
street; thence along the center of Fifth street, in a northeasterly 
direction, to the center of the intersection of Van Pelt street by Fifth 
street ; thence in an easterly direction along the center of Van Pelt 
street to the center of the intersection of Van Pelt and Leonard 
streets ; thence in a southerly direction, along the center of Leonard 
street, to the center of the intersection of Leonard and Eichardson 
streets ; thence in an easterly direction along the center of Richardson 
street to the center of the intersection of the Newtown turnpike (or 
North road) by Richardson street; thence in a northeasterly direction 
along the center of the Newtown turnpike, in all its turnings, to the 
center of the Newtown creek ; thence in a northwesterly direction 
along the center of Newtown creek, in all its meandcrings, to the 
permanent line of the East river to a point where the permanent line 
of the East river would intercept the center of Newtown creek, if 
continued ; thence along the easterly permanent line of the East river 
in a southerly direction to the center of North-Thirteenth street, to 
the place of beginning. 

§ 19. The Eighteenth ward of said city shall comprise the following 
district, viz. : Beginning at the center of the intersection of Richard- 
son street and Newtown turnpike ; tlience running in a northeasterly 
direction along the center of Newtown turnpike to the center of New- 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 15 

Title I.— Section 20. 

town creek; thence in a southeasterly direction along the center of 
Newtown creek to the intersection of the center of the Williamsburgh 
and Jamaica turnpike ; thence in a southeasterly direction to a certain 
rock called " Arbitration rock ;" thence south twenty-seven degrees 
east one hundred and fifty-five chains to a heap of stones ; thence in 
the same direct line, until it is intersected by the westerly line of the 
town of JTew Lots ; thence in a southerly direction along said last 
mentioned line to the northerly line of the present city of Brooklyn ; 
thence northwesterly along said last mentioned Tme, and along the 
center of Division avenue, to the center of the intersection of Division 
and Flushing avenues ; thence easterly along the center of Flushing 
avenue to the center of the intersection of Flusliing and Bnshwick 
avenues ; thence in a northerly, northwesterly and northeasterly, and 
again northwesterly direction, along the center of Bushwick avenue, 
to the center of the intersection of Bushwick avenue and North- Second 
street ; thence westerly along the center of North-Second street to 
the center of the intersection of North-Second and Smith streets; 
thence northerly along the center of Smith street to the center of the 
intersection of Smith street and Eichardson street ; thence along the 
center of Richardson street to the place of beginning. 

§ 20. The said several Avards of the said city, except as otherwise 
provided in this act, shall be considered, and are hereby declared to 
be, towns of the county of Kings. 

TITLE II. 

OF THE COMMOX COimCIL. 

Sec. 1. — Legislative power of corporation. 

Mayor and board of aldermen, the common council. 
2. — Board of aldermen, two from each ward. 
3. — Qualifications of aldermen. 

4, — Classification of aldermen first elected nnder charter. 
5. — Terra of office of aldermen of each class. 

Aldermen to direct street cleaning, and well and pump repairing. 
6. — Term of office of members of common council. 

Vacancy in common council, filled by special election. 
7. — Clerk of common council is city clerk. 

Assistant clerk. 
8. — A majority of aldermen elected, a quorum 
9. — Common council, organization, rules, &c. 
10. — Ordinances and resolutions, how passed. 

On veto of mayor. 
11.— Publication of financial affairs of city. 
12. — Meetings of common council. 
13. — Special powers of common council : 

Sub. div. 1. As to finances of city. — 2, Wharves, piers, and slips. — 3, Police and 
fire departments — i. License and regulation of vehicles for carrying passen- 
gers and merchandise ; surveyt)rs, auctioneers, pedlers, pawnbrokers, junk 
dealers, sweeps, and scavengers; regulation of weights and measures.— 5, 
Hay. — 6, Markets. — 7, Cattle, swine, &c., running at large. — 8, Keeping of 
cows, swine, ^ c— '^, Nuisances.— 10, Flying "kites.-ll. Bathing.— 12, 
Racinsr. — 1=^ Burials.— 14. Gunpowder. — 15, disorderly houses, saining, 
vagrants, &c.— 16, Exhibitions.— 17, Obstruction of streets.— IS, Duties of 
officers.— 19, Drinking liouses. — 20, Unwholesome businesse*. — 21. Erection 
of buildings.— 22, Side-walks.— 23, Draining and filling lots.— 24, Pavof offi- 
cers— 25, Cliimneys. &c.— 26, Taxes.— 27, Boat runners.— 28, Specia"l taxes. 
—29, Bread.— 30, Ringing of bells, &c., in street.— 31, Dangerous buildings. 
— 32, Duties of officers. — ^33, Currection of assessments. 



16 BROOKLYN CITY CHAETER. 



Title 11.— Section 1. 



14. —Making and repealing ordinances. 

15. — Removal of houses. 

16. — Penalties for violation of laws, ordinances, &c. 

17. — Suits in behalf of city ; how prosecuted. 

1 S. — Publication of ordinances. 

19. — Corporation newspapers. 

20. — Aldermen are fence viewers. 

Aldermen have powers of justices of the peace. 
21. — Mayor to estimate yearly expenses of city. 
22. — Common council and supervisors, in joint board to determine amount to be 

raised by tax. 
23. — ^Lamp and fire districts. 

Apportionment of tax as to city at large, and lamp and fire districts. 
24. — Presiding offioer, and clerk, of joint board. 

Supervisors of county, to assess city tax. 
25. — Expenses of lamp and fire districts. 
26. — On remission of fines. 

Section 1. The legislative power of said corporation shall be vested 
in a mayor and a board of aldermen, who together shall form the 
common council. 

§ 2. The board of aldermen shall consist of two aldermen to be 
elected from each ward. 

§ 3. Every alderman shall, at the time of his election, be an 
elector of the ward in which he shall be chosen, and shall have been 
a resident of the city for at least three years immediately previous 
thereto. 

§ 4. The board of aldermen first elected under and by virtue of 
this act shall, at its first meeting, be divided into two classes, one of 
which shall go out in each year. One alderman of each ward shall 
form one class, and the other aldermen shall form the other class. 
The mayor shall then in open board make such classification by lot, 
certify the same in writing, and file it with the clerk of the board, 
who shall enter the same on the journal. 

§ 5. The first of said classes of the board of aldermen shall hold 
office for one year ; but after the expiration of the said year, the term 
of office of the aldermen elected for the said class shall be two years. 
The second class shall hold office for two years. The aldermen in 
each ward shall have the power to cause the streets in their wards to 
be cleaned, and to make contracts for the same, and to cause the wells 
and pumps to be repaired ; and in case of their disagreement, the 
mayor shall decide between them in relation thereto, and the expense 
thereof shall be a charge upon such ward only. In the performance 
of this duty they may require the services of the commissioner of 
repairs and supplies. 

§ 6. The members of the common council shall, unless removed 
for cause, hold office until their places are supplied by the election of 
new members, who shall have qualified in the manner provided by 
this act. In case any alderman shall, after his election or during his 
term of office, remove out of the ward in which he shall have been 
elected, his office shall be deemed vacant, and he shall no longer act 
as an alderman. They may also resign their respective otiices at any 
time, by filing written notices thereof with the city clerk, and pub- 
lishing a copy of such notice in the corporation newspapers ; and the 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 17 



Title II.— Section 7. 



common council shall have power to direct a special election to supply 
any vacancy that may occur, but the person so elected shall hold 
office only for the residue of the term so vacated. 

§ 7. The common council shall appoint a clerk, who shall perform 
such duties as may be prescribed for him. The clerk so appointed 
shall also be the city clerk, and hold his office for one year, unless re- 
moved for cause; and by consent of the common council he may 
appoint an assistant clerk, for whose acts he shall be responsible. 

§ 8. A majority of aldermen elected shall C(mstitute a quorum, but 
a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and compel the 
attendance of absent members. 

§ 9. The common council shall annuallv elect a president from its 
own body, and in his absence a presidentYor the time being, choose 
officers, appoint its times and places of meetina;, determine the rules 
of its own proceedings, be the sole judge of the qualifications of its 
members, keep a journal of its proceedings, and may punish or expel 
a member for disorderly conduct or a violation of its rules, or declare 
his seat vacated by reasons of absence, provided such absence be con- 
tinued for the space of two months. But no expulsion shall take 
place except by the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected, nor 
until the delinquent member shall have an opportunity to be heard in 
his defence. 

§ 10. Every ordinance or resolution of the common council shall, 
before it takes effect, be presented, duly certified, to the mayor, and 
the approval of the minutes by the common council shall be conclu- 
sive evidence that the said ordinance or resolution has been so pre- 
sented to the mayor. If he approve of it, he shall sign it ; if not, he 
shall return it with his objections, and file it with the clerk within 
ten days after he received it ; the said board shall, at its first regular 
meeting thereafter, enter the objections at length on its journal, and 
cause said objections to be published in the corporation newspapers, 
after which pubhcation it shall proceed to consider the same, and if 
two-thirds of all the members elected shall then agree to pass the 
same, it shall take effect as a law ; but in every such case the votes 
shall be taken by ayes and noes, and entered on the journal. And if 
such_ ordinance or resolution shall not be returned by the mayor, 
within ten days after he has received it, it shall become a law in like 
manner as if he had signed it. But no such ordinance or resolution 
shalHake effect, in any sense, until the day following the next regular 
meeting of the board, except by unanimous consent of the board ; in 
which case it shall take effect upon its being approved by the mayor. 

§ 11. The common council shall at least once a year, not more 
than thirty nor less than twenty days before the annual election, 
pubhsh in such of the newspapers printed in the city as they shall 
designate, a full statement of all the receipts and expenditures of every 
description for the fiscal year ending on the 31st day of August pre- 
ceding such statement, including all the moneys which have passed 
through the hands of the comptroller or treasurer for any purpose 
whatever, together with the different sources of city revenue, the 



18 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title II.— Section 12. 



amount received under each, the several appropriations made by the 
common council, the objects for which the same were made, and the 
sums expended for each ; also any moneys borrowed upon the credit of 
the city, whether by temporary loans or by the issue of bonds, the 
terms upon which they were obtained, the authority under wliich 
they were borrowed, and the purposes to which they were applied, 
and how much of the same or other city indebtedness has been paid, 
and by what means. The statement shall also include a detailed 
account of the city property, existing debts of every description, and 
the condition of the sinking fund, with all such other information as 
may be necessary for a full understanding of the financial concerns of 
the city, showing also the relative indebtedness and property of the 
portions of said city formerly included in the cities of Brooklyn, Wil- 
liamsburgh and the town of Bushwick. 

§ 12. The common council shall hold stated meetings, commencing 
on the first Monday of January ; but the mayor, or in his absence any 
three aldermen, may call special meetings, by notice to each of the 
members of said council, served personally or left at his usual place of 
abode. 

§ 13. The common council shall have power within said city to 
make, establish, publish and modify, amend or repeal ordinances, rules, 
regulations and by-laws for the following purposes : 

1. To manage and regulate the finances and property, real and 
personal, of the city. 

2. To regulate the wharves, piers and slips owned by the city, and 
dii'ect the atfairs thereof. 

3. To establish and regulate a day and night police and fire depart- 
ments of the city, within the limits prescribed by law, and to define 
and regulate the duties and powers of firemen and police. 

4. To license and regulate cartmen, porters, hack, cab, omnibus, 
stage and truck owners and drivers ; and all railroad cars running on 
any railroad established since January first, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
three ; carriages and vehicles used for the transportation of passengers 
and merchandise, goods or articles of any kind (or to authorize the 
mayor to grant such licenses, and to require the owners to mark tlie 
same in such manner as the common council shall designate) ; weights 
and measures, surveyors, common criers, hawkers, pedlers, pawn- 
brokers, junk shop keepers, sweeps and scavengers, and to fix the 
rates of compensation to be allowed to them, and to prohibit unlicensed 
persons from acting in either of such capacities. 

5. To prescribe the places of selling hay, straw, and other articles 
from wagons or other vehicles. 

6. To locate, regulate and remove slaughter houses, establish and 
regulate public markets, license and regulate butchers, designate the 
places, times and manner of selling meats, fish, fruits and vegetables, 
and to prohibit persons from selling without license. 

7. To restrain and regulate the running at large of cattle, horses, 
sheep, swine, geese or other animals, and to authorize and regulate the 
impounding and sale of the same for the penalty incurred and cost 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 19 



Title II.— Section 13. 



do^^^^^^^^'°^^' ^^^ *^ ^^^^ ordinances authorizing the destruction of 

_ 8. To regulate or prohibit the keeping of cows, swine and other 
animals. ' 

9. To prohibit and abate all nuisances. 

10. To regulate and prohibit the flying of kites or any other prac- 
tice having a tendency tofrighten animals or to annoy persons passing 
m tne streets or on the side-walks in said city. ^ & 

11. To regulate or prohibit swimming or bathing in the waters of 
or bounding the city. 

12. To prevent horse-racing and immoderate driving in said city 
and to authorize the stopping of any one who shall be guilty of so 

13. To regulate the burial of the dead, prohibit interments within 
such hmits as itmay prescribe, purchase land for public burial places 
direct the keeping and returning bills of mortality, and to establish 

Htv\X'i u/^' .^r^T"^*^ '^'^^ ^^''^''^^ t^^ streets of said 
city as the health, quiet and good order of the city may, in their opin- 
ion require, or to prohibit the same entirely, if necessary 

14. To prohibit or regulate the keeping and conveying of gunpow- 
der and other dangerous material, to provide for the forfeitui-e of the 
buHdingf ^'^oicudles and lights in barns, stables and othe? 

15. To suppress and restrain disorderly houses and houses of ill- 
fame, gaming tables, ball alleys, the playing of cards or games of chance 

or fer^''''i ^'"^T '' ''^^ '" ^' ^^•^^^' '^ destroy^all instruments 
or devices employed m gaming, and to restrain and punish vagrants 
mendicants, street beggars and common prostitutes. vagrants, 

16. io prohibit or regulate the exhibitions of common showmen 
or of curiosities or other public exhibitions tending to create or en- 
courage idleness and immorality. 

17. To prevent and remove obstructions and incumbrances in and 
upon all wharves, streets and public places, and the throwing of dirt, 
filtn or rubbish on or from the same into the water adjoining ; to direct 
and regulate he planting, rearing, trimming and preserving of orna- 
mental and shade trees in the streets, parks and grounds ot^the citV 
to enforce the removal of snow, ice or dirt from the side walks and 
gutters, and to direct the sweeping and cleaning of streets by the per- 
sons owning or occupying the premises fronting thereon ^ 

dp/f?;^« o^^'^'f '^f ''''^. "^^^""^ ^^^ ^''^'^' «f ^11 ^ffi^e^-s appointed un- 
der this act, not otherwise prescribed for by law. 

19. To regulate victualling houses or cellars, gardens and other 
places where ardent spirits or other intoxicating drinks may be sold 

iTcensed.^ ' '^" ^''^'^^ "^ '^' ^^^^' '^''^' ^^ P^'««^' duly 

20 To compel the owner or occupant of any grocery, cellar tallow 
chandler's shop, soap factory, tannery, slaughtei4ousef sLb£, staul 
privy sewer, or other unwholesome or nauseous house, pl'ace or 
yard, to cleanse, remove or abate the same from time ti time, as 



20 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title II.— Section 13. 

often as it may be necessary for the health, comfort or convenience 
of the inliabitants, at the expense of the owner or occupant thereof, 
and to prescribe certain hmits within which it shall not be lawful 
to erect or establish any offensive or unwholesome manufactory or 
business. 

21. To prevent or rep:ulate the erection or construction of any 
stoop, step, platform, bay window, cellar door, area, descent into a 
cellar or basement, sign, or any post or erection, or any projection 
from any building Or otlierwise, in, over or upon any street or avenue 
in, or the removal of any house or other building through said city, 
and to cause the same to be taken out and removed from such street, 
or avenue at the expense of the owner or occupant of the premises. 

22. To cause side-walks to be flagged, and new curb and gutter 
stones to be put down and laid, where the same do not conform to the 
ordinances of the common council, except where the want of confor- 
mity is the result of the action of the common council or of any city 
officer or officers, and the expense thereof to be assessed on the adjoin- 
ing lots, and collected in the same manner as for regulating, grading 
and paving streets. 

23. To direct the digging down, draining or filling up of lots, 
pieces or parcels of ground, in all cases in which by a vote of two- 
thirds they shall decide such digging down, draining, or filling up ne- 
cessary for preventing any damage or injury to the streets, side-walks, 
cross-walks, or to the adjoining property, or for abating a nuisance, at 
the expense of the owners thereof; to direct the fencing in or closing 
of vacant lands in said city, and the building and maintaining of suf- 
ficient brick or stone walls between any lot or piece of land and any 
street or avenue adjoining the same in said city, in all cases where 
such lots or pieces of land shall not properly conform to the level of 
the streets or avenues adjoining the same, and to require such wall to 
be built upon any lot or piece of land which shall not so conform, at 
the expense of the owner or owners thereof, and to be so constructed 
as to prevent the draining or running of water or any other thing 
from any street or avenue upon any such lot, and so as to maintain, 
uphold and preserve the side-walk of any such street or avenue, and 
to assess and collect the expenses thereof in the same manner as for 
regulating, grading and paving streets ; but before any ordinance shall 
be passed for any of the purposes in this, or the last preceding sub- 
division mentioned, ten days' notice of the application for or the 
intention to pass such ordinance shall be given to every person to be 
affected thereby, either personally or by publication in the corporation 
newspapers. 

24. To fix and determine a reasonable compensation to be paid to 
any officer of said city, or other person employed by them, for any 
service, required of him by this act or by any ordinance or resolution 
passed by them, for which no specific fee or compensation is provided 
by this act, to be paid by the person or persons for whom such service 
shall be performed, for the use of the city ; and to regulate the com- 
pensation for the services of any officer of said city, or other person 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 21 



Title II.— Section 13. 



employed by him, for searching the books, files or records of said city 
lor private persons, 

25. To regulate the construction of chimneys, and to compel the 
sweepmg thereof; to prevent the setting up or construction of stoves, 
boilers ovens or other things in such a manner as to be dangerous : 
to prohibit the deposit of ashes in unsafe places; to authorize any 
city oftcer, or person or persons whom tliey may designate for that 
purpose, to enter upon and inspect any place or places, for the purpose 
ot ascertaining whether the same is or are in a safe condition, and if 
not, to direct or cause the same to be made so ; to regulate the carry- 
ing on of manufactories dangerous in causing or promoting fires • to 
regulate or prohibit the manufacture, sale or use of fireworks or fire- 
arms m said city ; to require all such further or other acts to be done, 
ana to regulate or prohibit the doing of all such further or other acts 
as they may deem proper to prevent the occurrence and provide for 
the extinguishment of fires in said city. 

^ 26. To estimate and determine what amount of monev mav be 
raised to defray the annual current expenditure of the citv, and to 
Si ^i ^^^^^ ^^'' requisite measures for levying and collecting it 

27. lo regulate and restrain runners for boats, stages, railroads 
taverns and other houses, and the running of engines and cars throuo-h 
said city on any railroad established since January first, eighteen hun- 
dred and fitty-three, 

28. To raise by tax, annually, a sum not exceeding four thousand 
dollars, towards defraying the expenses of the city hospital, and the 
sum of one thousand dollars for the celebration of the anniversary of 
American Independence, and, in the same manner as the expenses of 
the fire department shall be raised, the sum of one thousand five hun- 
dred dollars for the fire department funds of the western and eastern 
districtsof said city, to be apportioned between them according to 
the taxable property of each of said districts, and the sum of one 
thousanddollars, upon the whole city, to be apportioned between the 
dispensaries now established in the present cities of Brooklyn and 
Williamsburgh according to the taxable property of the districts in 
■which they are situated. r t- j 

29. To establish assize of bread, and regulate the sale thereof 

60. lo prevent or regulate the ringing and tolling of bells, blowing 
ot horns and crying of goods, and other things in said city. 

61. lo raze or demolish any building or erection which, by reason 
ot fire or any other cause, may become dangerous to human life or 
health, or tend to extend a conflagration. 

f. ^^' ^? ^™'^ '?^ ^^^"""^ ^^'^ '^''^'^^ ^^'^^^^^ are by this act required 

«u.b'n^.f f ^7 ^^? '?^''^'^ ^^'^'^ «^ ^^'^ ^ity, and to prescribe 
such other or further duties to be performed by them or any of them 
as It may deem proper. ' 

83. the common council shall have power to correct and rectifv 
any errors committed m any assessment as well for taxes for the vari, 
ous public purposes of the said city as for improvements, local and 
general, and may exercise such power as well before as after the con- 



22 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title IT.— Section 14. 

•firrnation of sucli assessment, on the petition of the person or persons 
considering: themselves aggrieved thereby ; and they may cause to be 
repaid to the petitioners any excess which may appear to have been 
paid by them over and above their jnst and proper tax or assessment, 
and may also canse to be repaid any amount which the said petition- 
ers shall liave paid when justly and equitably they should not have 
paid the same. The exercise of this |)Ower shall be solely in the dis- 
cretion of the said common council, and they may or may not exercise 
the same, as in their judgment the justice and merits of the case may 
require. 

§ 14. The common council shall also have power to make, estab- 
lish, alter, modify, amend and repeal all such other ordinances, rules, 
police regulations and by-laws, not contrary to the laws of this state, 
or of the United States, as they may deem necessary to carry into 
effect the ])owers conferred on it by this act, or by any other law of 
this state ; and such also as they may deem necessary and proper for 
the good government, order and protection of persons and property, 
and for the preservation of the public health, peace and prosperit}^ of 
said city and its inhabitants. 

§ 15. The common council may allow or permit the removal of 
any house or other building through or over any street or avenue of 
said city ; but in no case shall a building be removed into a fire 
district. 

§ 16. In every by-law, ordinance, or police or sanatary regulation 
the said common council may pass, it may impose such penalty for 
the violation or non-performance thereof as it may deem proper ; but 
no sucli by-law, ordinance or regulation shall extend in its operation 
beyond the territorial limits of the city. 

§ 17. Suits may be prosecuted in the corporate name of the city 
against any person or persons who shall violate any provisions of any 
law, ordinance or regulation of the common council of said city, or 
who shall neglect or refuse to perform any act or duty thereby 
required of him or them ; and in every such action it shall be suffi- 
cient to state in the complaint the by-law, ordinance or regulation, 
and the section thereof, upon which such action is brought ; and pro- 
ceedings for any violation of the ordinances of the city imposing a 
penalty, may be commenced by warrant for the arrest of the offender, 
as well as by summons, to be issued by any magistrate or court 
having jurisdiction in the case before whom complaint shall be made, 
under oath, and every police justice and justice of the peace elected 
in said city shall have jurisdiction in all such cases. 

§ 18. Every general ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation which 
may be passed by the common council, imposing a penalty, shall, 
after passage thereof, and before the same shall take effect, be pub- 
lished for ten days successively in the corporation newspapers. Proof 
of such publication, by the affidavit of the printer or publisher of such 
newspaper or papers, taken before any ofiicer authorized to administer 
oaths, filed in the office of the city clerk, or a copy thereof certified by 
said city clerk, shall be deemed conclusive evidence thereof in all 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 23 

Title II.— Section 19. 

courts and places ; but such publication may be proved by any other 
competent evidence. 

§ 19. The common council shall designate such newspapers printed 
in the western district in said city, not exceeding four in number, in 
which shall be published all ordinances, resolutions, notices and other 
proceedings which by this act or any other act are or may be required 
to be published affecting that district, except as hereinafter otherwise 
directed, and it may alter such designation at pleasure; but notice of 
such alteration shall be published in the paper or papers employed by 
it at the time of such alteration. Notices of tax and assessment sales 
in such district shall be published in the two newspapers having the 
largest average daily circulation. All notices of tax and assessment 
sales, and all ordinances, resolutions, notices and other proceedings 
affecting the eastern district, shall be published in the two daily news- 
papers printed in that district having the largest average actual circu- 
lation therein. 

§ 20. The aldermen to be elected, as hereinbefore provided, shall 
be fence viewers within their respective wards, and shall have and 
exercise all the powers and authority of justices of peace of towns in 
criminal proceedings, except the discharge of persons in custody ; 
but shall not be entitled to receive compensation for any services as 
such justices of the peace. 

§ 21. The mayor shall, annually, on or before the first Monday of 
February, present to the common council and supervisors of the 
city, in joint meeting, a statement in writing of the several sums of 
money which he shall deem necessary to be raised by tax for the va- 
rious purposes contemplated by this act. 

§ 22. On that day the said common council and supervisors of the 
city shall meet in joint board, and then, or as soon thereafter as 
practicable, shall proceed to determine, by a majority of at least two- 
thirds of the members present, what sums, in addition to such as 
may be directed by the board of supervisors of the county of Kings to 
be raised to defray county charges and entitle the city to its distribu- 
tive share of the public school moneys, are necessary to defray the 
contingent and all other expenses of said city, including any interest 
due or to become due on the public debt of said city, or any portion 
thereof, as well as any instalments which may become due thereon, 
together with such sums as shall hereinafter be authorized for the use 
and benefit of the public schools of said city, or such as may at any 
time be required by law to be paid into the sinking fund of the city. 

§ 23. The whole of said city, except the eighth, ninth and eigh- 
teenth wards, shall constitute a lamp and fire district, subject to the 
several provisions for the enlargement thereof hereinafter contained ; 
and in determining the amount required to be raised by tax, as pro- 
vided in the last preceding section, the said joint board shall apportion 
the aggregate amoimt thereof between the city at large and the several 
parts thereof, by specifying how much is to be levied upon the city 
at large, and how much upon the property v/ithin the lamp and fire 
district. 



24 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title II.— Section 24. 

§ 24. The mayor shall preside over such joint board, and the city 
clerk shall be the clerk thereof, who shall deliver a copy of the reso- 
lution, duly certified by the mayor, to the board of supervisors of the 
county of Kings, at their next annual meeting thereafter ; and the 
several amounts specified in said resolution shall be assessed and rated 
by said board upon and among the owners of the estate, real and 
personal, incorporated companies and associations in said city, in the 
manner herein directed. 

§ 25. No part of the expenses of the lamp and fire district shall 
be raised outside of the same ; nor shall any portion of the eighth, 
ninth and eighteenth wards be included therein; but the common 
council may at any time they think proper, by a vote of two-thirds, em- 
brace any of the improved portions of said wards within such district, 
and such portions of the said wards may also be annexed to said dis- 
trict upon the application of a majority of the persons interested 
therein, if the said common council deem it proper so to annex the 
same. 

§ 26. The common council shall have no power to remit fines for 
penalties incurred in violation of ordinances, or forfeitures for non- 
fulfilment of contracts for work done in cases where local assessments 
shall be laid, but such power may be exercised by the mayor, who 
shall, before the same be effective, transmit his decision to the com- 
mon council, with his reason therefor in writing, who shall order the 
publication of the same. 



TITLE III. 

OF CITY OFFICEES, THEIE ELECTION AXD DUTIES. 

Sec. 1. — Administrative officers. 
2. — Qualification for office. 
3. — Time of election of officers. 
Of election districts. 

Voters to vote in district where residing. 
4. — Of elections ; ballots, how endorsed. 
.5. — Election returns. 
6. — Board of canvassers of first election. 
7. — Board of canvassers, except for first election. 
8. — Statement of votes, and persons voted for. 
9. — Determination of result of election; certification, 
10. — Minutes of board of canvassers. 
Notification of persons elected. 
11. — Mayor elected biennially ; qualifications; salary; is supervisor ex-officio ; has 
power of justices of the peace. 
Subdiv. 1. — ^^Duties of the mayor. 

2. — Power of mayor as police magistrate ; power to arrest, &c., for 
violating laws and ordinances. 
Mayor may suspeud licenses, and warrants of office. 
12. — Vacancy in mayoralty, how filled. 

13. — Comptroller elected triennially ; duties and powers; of salary. 
14. — Street commissioner elected triennially; duties and powers; of salary. 

Deputy street commissioner, liow appointed. 
15. — Treasurer, elected triennally, duties and powers. 

16. — Commissioner of repairs and supplies elected triennally; duties and powers ; 
of salary. 

Deputy and foreman, how appointed. 
17. — Auditor elected triennially ; duties and powers. 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 25 

Title III.— Section 1. 

18. — Attorney and counsellor, appointed; salary; duties and power. 

Assistant attorney ; salary. 
19. — On remission of fines and penalties. 

On cession of lands to city. 
20. — City clerk, appointed by common council ; his duties. 
21. — City surveyors, appointed by common council. 
22. — Constables ; one elected in each ward annually. 
23. — Oflicial terms of officers elected, when begin. 
24 — Common council to appoint certain officers. 
25. — Appointed officers to give bona. 
26. — Constables to give bond. 
27.— Of sureties. 
28.— Official oath. 
29. — Salaries of officers. 

80. — Eesignations of officers ; vacancy, how filled. 
81. — Disnnssals from office. 

82.— Officers to deliver books and papers to successor; penalty. 
33. — Disability of members of common council to hold what other offices. 
84. — Sui)ervisors; of compensation and powers. 
35. — AVestern and Eastern districts, bounds. 
36. — City court; jurisdiction. 

City judge ; term of office six years. 

Section 1. The administrative powers of the said corporation shall 
be vested in a mayor, chief of pohce, comptroller, auditor, treasurer, 
street commissioner, commissioners of repairs and supplies, two col- 
lectors of taxes and assessments, one for the eastern and one for the 
western district, and such other officers as shall from time to time be 
created by law or appointed by virtue of this act. 

§ 2. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office unless he 
be at the time of his election a resident and elector of the city, and if 
elected to any ward or district office, an actual resident in such ward 
or district ; and his removal therefrom shall vacate such office. 

§ 3. Elections for mayor, aldermen, and such other officers as are 
by the provisions of this act to be elected, shall be annually held in 
each of tlie wards and election districts of said city, on the day of the 
general state election, at such places as the common council shall 
designate. The first election for said officers, except street commis- 
sioner, collectors of taxes and assessments, and commissioner of 
repairs and supplies, shall be held on the day of the next general 
election, in November next, at the same time and places and by the 
same inspectors as the said general election shall be held, who shall 
be provided with suitable boxes for the purpose by the same authori- 
ties, whose duty it shall be to provide boxes for such general election. 
The common councils of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh, respectively, 
and the supervisors and justices of the peace of Bush wick, shall desig- 
nate election districts and appoint inspectors for the said first election 
for the additional wards laid out by this act in their respective muni- 
cipalities. The electors shall vote by ballot in the district where they 
actually reside. 

§ 4. On the outside of each ballot, when folded, shall appear, writ- 
ten or printed, one of the following words, "City," "Excise," but no 
ballot found in the proper box sliall be rejected for want of such en- 
dorsement. The ballot endorsed " City," shall contain the names of 
all the city and ward officers then to be chosen (except commissioners 



26 BROOLKYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title III.— Section 6. 

of excise), any or either of them; and the ballot endorsed "Excise," 
the names of the commissioners of excise to be chosen, any or 
either of them; such ballots shall be deposited in separate boxes, to 
De provided by the city for that purpose, and all the provisions of law 
in respect to the election of state officers shall be deemed to apply to 
elections held under this act, so far as the same are applicable and 
consistent therewith. 

§ 5. The original statements which shall be made of the canvass 
Bhall be duly certified by the inspectors. They shall deliver one copy 
thereof, together with a copy of the poll lists, to the city clerk, and 
another copy of each to the chairman of the board of canvassers 
within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls, which shall 
remain with them until delivered to the board of canvassers, without 
alteration, supplement or amendment. 

§ 6. For the purpose of canvassing the votes given for city and 
ward officers at the general election to be held in November, 1854, 
the common council of the city of Brooklyn shall appoint twelve of 
its number, the common council of the city of Williamsburgh shall 
appoint four of its number, and the inspectors of election of the two 
election districts of the town of Bushwick shall each appoint one of 
their number ; such appointments shall be made at least two weeks 
before said election, and the persons thus appointed shall constitute a 
board of canvassers for said election, with power to appoint its own 
chairman and clerk. Said board shall meet and organize in the com- 
mon council chamber of the city of Brooklyn at least one week before 
said election ; the statements of canvass shall be delivered to such 
chairman and clerk, as provided in the fifth section of this title ; and 
said board shall thereupon proceed to canvass such statements at the 
same time and in the same manner as hereinafter provided. 

§ 7. For the purpose of canvassing the votes given for the city and 
ward officers at any election except the said election in November, 
1854, the common council shall constitute the board of canvassers. 
The mayor, or in his absence the president of said board, shall pre- 
side, and the city clerk or his assistant shall be the clerk thereof. 
They shall meet at the room of the common council on the Monday 
next following the election, at or before five o'clock of that day, and 
a majority of aldermen shall constitute a quorum. The clerk shall 
then produce the original statements of canvass in each district, as the 
same shall have been delivered to him, and from them the board 
shall proceed to ascertain the votes given at such election for the sev- 
eral persons voted for thereat for the several offices mentioned in 
such statements. 

§ 8. They shall make a written statement of the whole number of 
votes given for mayor of said city, as well as for the several other 
officers to be elected for said city and the several wards thereof; the 
names of the persons to whom such votes were given, and the number 
of votes given to each. 

§ 9. Upon such statement, the board shall proceed to determine 
and declare what person or persons have received the highest number 



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BKOOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 27 

Title III.— Section 10. 

of votes for each of the offices mentioned in such statement. In case 
any two or more persons shall have received an equal number of 
votes for the same office, the board shall determine by lot between 
them. The statement and final declaration of the board shall be cer- 
tified by the presiding officer and clerk, and filed in the office of the 
city clerk. 

§ 10. The clerk shall keep proper minutes of the proceedings of the 
board, and enter the same, with the statement and declaration of the 
board, in the book of minutes of the common council. Said statement 
and declaration shall, within one week thereafter, be published in one 
or more of the newspapers printed in each of the districts of said city. 
And within ten days after the board shall have determined what per- 
sons have been elected to the several offices in said city, the clerk shall 
cause written notices of his election to be given to each of the persons 
so elected. 

§ 11. The mayor shall be elected every two years, and no person 
shall be eligible to that office unless he has resided in the city at least 
five years, and has attained the age of twenty-five years. His salary 
shall not be less than two thousand dollars per annum. He shall, 
by virtue of his office, be a supervisor of the city of Brooklyn, and 
shall possess all the jurisdiction and exercise all the powers and au- 
thority in criminal cases of a justice of the peace of said city, in addi- 
tion to the powers heretofore given him by this or any other act ; but 
shall receive no fees for his services as such justice of the peace, or for 
his services as supervisor. It shall be his duty : 

1. To communicate to the common council, at their first meeting 
in the month of January, each year, and oftener if he shall deem it 
expedient, a general statement of the situation and condition of the 
city in relation to its government, finances and improvements, with 
such recommendations as he may deem proper. 

2. To be vigilant and active in causing the laws and ordinances 
of the city to be duly executed and enforced, and to exercise a con- 
stant supervision over the conduct and acts of all subordinate officers, 
and to examine into all complaints preferred against them for a viola- 
tion or neglect of duty, and generally to perform all such duties as 
may be required of him by law; for which purpose he shall have and 
possess all the authority and power, in criminal cases, to arrest and 
commit for examination all offenders for offences committed within 
said city against the laws of this state, of a police magistrate or jus- 
tice of the peace of any of the towns of this state, and for the pre- 
servation of the peace. And shall have the power and authority to 
issue warrants against any and all persons violating any of the ordi- 
nances, by-laws or regulations of the common council or of the board 
of health, or to direct the proper officers to arrest such persons and 
summarily to hear, try and determine and dispose of the same, where 
the penalty imposed by said ordinance, by-law or regulation shall not 
exceed ten dollars. And in case the penalty imposed by said ordi- 
nance, by-law or regulation shall not be paid forthwith, upon such, 
person being adjudged guilty, then the said mayor shall have power 



28 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title III.— Section 12. 

by warrant under his hand and seal, to commit the said offender to 
the county jail of Kings county for a term not exceeding thirty days, 
or until the fine is paid; and in cases where the penalty shall exceed 
ten dollars, the said mayor may, after examination, hold the parties to 
bail. And in all cases where such person shall hold a license or war- 
rant, granted by the common council or any of the officers thereof, 
it shall be lawful for the said mayor to suspend said licenses, or war- 
rant, or the person so found guilty, from the benefits and privileges of 
said license or warrant, until the common council shall pass upon the 
same. And it shall be the duty of the mayor to report the fact of 
such suspension, together with his reason therefor, to the common 
council at the next meeting thereof. And no person so suspended 
shall be entitled to any benefits, privileges or rights under such license 
or warrant until the suspension shall be removed by the common council. 

§ 12. "Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of mayor, or 
whenever the mayor shall be prevented, by absence from the city, by 
sickness or any other cause, from attending to the duties of his office, 
the president of the common council, or if the said president shall be 
absent or disabled, the president to be elected pro tempore, shall act 
as mayor and possess all the rights and powers of the mayor during 
the vacancy in office caused by the absence or disability of the mayor 
or of the president of the common council, and the said president 
shall receive the same compensation as the mayor, while acting in such 
capacity. 

§ 13. There shall be a comptroller, who shall be elected by the city 
at large every three years, except as hereinafter mentioned. He shall 
render to the common council, as often as required, a full and detailed 
statement of all the receipts and disbursements of the city government 
from time to time, specifying the amounts expended and unexpended 
on each appropriation made by the common council, with the state of 
account, together with a general statement of the liabilities and re- 
sources of the city, and such other information as may be necessary to 
a full understanding of the financial affairs of the city. He shall also, 
under the direction of the common council, prepare the annual state- 
ment hereinbefore directed to be published, and manage all the finan- 
cial concerns of the corporation, in addition to such duties as may be 
required of him by law, and shall be entitled to receive such salary as 
the common council shall determine, and by consent of the common 
council may appoint a deputy comptroller, for whose acts he shall be 
responsible. He may administer an oath to any person or officer who 
shall be required to render any account or make any return to him, 
or furnish proof of his right to receive any sura of money, or any 
evidence of indebtedness from the said comptroller, or from the city 
of Brooklyn. 

§ 14. There shall be a street commissioner, who shall be elected by 
the city at large every three years. Pie shall perform all such ser- 
vices as may be directed in relation to the opening, widening or regu- 
lating, grading and paving streets and avenues, with such other duties 
as may from time to time be prescribed for him by the common coua- 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 2^ 

Title III.— Section 15. 

cil, not inconsistent with this office. He shall receive and have charge 
of all maps, books and papers appertaining to his department, and shall 
be entitled to snch salary as the said common council shall determine ; 
and by consent of the common council may appoint a deputy street 
commissioner, for whose acts he shall be responsible, and who shall 
hold his office during the pleasure of the street commissioner. The 
deputy street commissioner shall possess all the powers and discharge 
all the duties of the street commissioner, in case of the absence of that 
officer. The street commissioner shall also have power to appoint 
such other clerks and subordinates in his department as the common 
council shall from time to time deem necessary. 

§ 15. There shall be a treasurer, who shall be elected by the city 
at large every three years, except as hereinafter mentioned, who shall 
receive and deposit daily, under the direction of the common council, 
all moneys belonging to the city in such banks, to the credit of the 
city, as the common council may direct, and upon such terms as the 
common council may determine, or in default thereof, in such banks as 
he may think fit, but no greater amount shall be deposited in any one 
bank than one-quarter of its capital. He shall countersign all warrants, 
also keep an accurate account of all receipts and payments, and make 
weekly returns thereof in such manner as the common council shall 
direct. The common council shall make orders for the payment of all 
moneys to be drawn out of the treasury, and no money shall be drawn 
or paid out of the treasury except in pursuance of such orders appro- 
priating the same, and upon warrants signed by the mayor or acting 
mayor and comptroller, and countersigned by the cit}^ clerk, or in his 
absence by his assistant. Such warrants shall specify for what pur- 
pose the amount therein mentioned is to be paid, the appropriation 
against which it is drawn, and the date of the ordinance making the 
same ; and the said clerk shall keep an accurate account of all orders, 
directing moneys to be paid by the treasurer, in a book provided for 
that purpose. 

§ 16. There shall be a commissioner of repairs and supplies, who 
shall be elected by the city at large every three years, except as here- 
inafter mentioned. He shall, under the direction of the common 
council, have charge of all repairs and supplies of and for the public 
buildings, station houses and bell towers, wharves and piers belonging 
to the city, and of and for the pavements, sides and cross-walks, fire 
engines and other property of the tire department, lamps, oil and gas, 
fuel and stationery for the public offices of the city. He shall perform 
such other duties as shall from time to time be prescribed for him by 
said common council, not inconsistent with his office, and receive a 
salary to be determined by said common council ; and by consent of the 
common council may appoint a deputy commissioner and foreman of 
repairs and supplies, for whose acts he shall be responsible ; and shall 
have power, under the direction and by the consent of the mayor and 
the aldermen of the ward Avhere repairs are required to be performed 
immediately, to expend in such repairs an amount not exceeding fifty 
dollars on any such occasion. 



30 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title III.— Section 17. 

§ 17. There shall be an auditor, who shall be elected by the city at 
large every three years, except as hereinafter mentioned. It shall be 
bis duty to examine all bills presented against the city for payment. 
No claims against the city, or for local improvements, or otherwise 
howsoever, shall be paid, unless he shall certify the same to have been 
incurred under due authority of law, and that the services have been 
rendered or the materials furnished for which such bills may be pre- 
sented, and that the charges are just and reasonable, or according to 
contract. He may require the oath mentioned in section twelve of this 
title, and may administer the same. 

§ 18. The common council shall appoint a suitable and proper per- 
son as, and who shall be the attorney and counsel for the corporation. 
He shall have the management, charge and control of all the law 
business of the corporation, and the departments thereof, and all the 
law business in which the city shall be interested ; draw all leases, 
deeds and other legal papers for the city, and shall be the legal adviser 
of the mayor and common council and the several departments of the 
corporation ; he shall have the charge, management and control of, 
and shall conduct all the proceedings necessary in opening, widening, 
altering, or closing streets, avenues, parks, roads or lanes, and all 
other local improvements of the same kind, and he shall have the 
power and authority from time to time, during his continuance in 
office, to authorize an attorney or other person to appear for him in 
his name, for and on behalf of the said corporation, and conduct and 
defend suits and proceedings in all courts and places. The said attor- 
ney and counsellor shall devote the whole of the business hours of the 
day to and for the use of the corporation and business above set forth. 
He shall receive from the common council an annual salary of three 
thousand dollars, to be paid quarterly, exclusive of all disbursements, 
and in full for all services rendered or performed by him for the cor- 
poration, including all attorney and counsel fees arising or which may 
accrue on any proceedings for local improvements or otherwise ; all 
which fees shall belong to and be paid into the city treasury. The 
common council shall provide suitable apartments for the said attor- 
ney and counsel in the City Hall, with all the necessary furniture and 
stationery, and shall allow and pay the said attorney and counsel such 
further sum as may be necessary, not to exceed two thousand five 
hundred dollars annually (to be paid quarterly), in full for the services 
of any attorney or clerk he may employ, which salary shall be in lieu 
of all fees and perquisites whatever as such attorney and counsellor, 
and he shall hold his office for the term of one year from the time of 
his appointment. 

§ 1 9. No fines imposed for a violation of any of the ordinances, by- 
laws, or regulations of the common council shaU be remitted by the 
mayor until after having received the advice in writing of the said 
attorney and counsellor. And no deed of cession of any street or parts 
of streets, avenues, lanes, roads or parks, shall be accepted by the 
said common council until the title of the parties ceding the lands on 
the same shall have been examined and ascertained by the said attor- 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 31 

Title III.— Section 20. 

ney and counsellor, and he shall report to the common council such 
fact in writing. The fees and expenses thereof to be paid by the par- 
ties executing the deed of cession, which said fees and expenses shall 
be paid into the treasury for the use of the city. 

§ 20. The city clerk shall, in addition to the duties in this act re- 
quired of him, have charge of all the papers and documents of the 
city, countersign all licenses granted by the mayor or board of ex- 
cise, and keep the record of the proceedings of the common council. 
He shall perform all the duties of the clerks of the several towns of 
this state, not inconsistent with this act. He shall engross all the 
ordinances of the common council, in a book to be provided for that 
purpose, with proper indexes, which book shall be deemed a public 
record of such ordinances, and each ordinance shall be signed by the 
maj'or or acting mayor and said clerk. Copies of all papers duly 
filed in his office, and transcripts thereof, and of the records of pro- 
ceedings of the common council, and copies of the laws or ordinances 
of the said city, certified by him under the corporate seal, shall be 
evidence in all courts and places of the matters therein contained. 
He shall also receive and pay over to the treasurer all moneys which 
by any law or usage are paid to the clerk of the city. 

§ 21. The common council shall annually appoint so many city 
surveyors as it shall deem proper, and fix their compensation for ser- 
vices in the opening or grading of any street, avenue, square, or 
making any other local improvement, and in all other cases in which 
they may be employed by the common council, and shall require 
from them bonds, with such penalties as they may deem sufficient to 
secure the faithful performance of all their duties. 

§ 22. There shall be annually elected, in each ward, one constable, 
who shall perform such duties as are by law prescribed to constables 
in other towns and counties of the state. He shall not be considered 
as attached to the police force, except when specially required by the 
mayor, or chief of police. 

§ 23. The official term of the several persons who shall be elected 
in pursuance of this act, shall commence on the first Monday of 
January next after their election, except the term of office of the 
collectors of taxes and assessments, whose term of office shall com- 
mence on the first day of July after their election ; and the official 
terms of all persons who shall be appointed to any office or place, in 
pursuance of this act, shall commence as follows : 

1. Such as are required to give security for the performance of their 
duties from the time such security shall be given and approved of. 

2. Such as are not required to give security from the time they 
shall have taken and filed the oath hereafter mentioned. 

§ 24. The common council, in a meeting on the first Monday of 
January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, at which the mayor or 
president of the common council shall preside, and from time to time 
as may be necessary, shall by ballot appoint a suitable person as clerk, 
attorney and counsellor, one health officer, and a messenger to the 
said common council, and a keeper of the city hall, two inspectors of 



32 BROOKLYN CFTY CHARTER. 

Title III.— Section 25. 

pavements for the western district and one for the eastern district, 
and shall also, by ballot or otherwise, as they may determine, ap- 
point so many fire-wardens, pound masters, clerks of markets, inspec- 
tors of meats, surveyors, sealers of weights and measures, and clerks 
of departments, as they shall deem it expedient to appoint. All per- 
sons so appointed shall hold their respective ojffices until the first 
Monday of January next after their appointment, and until their suc- 
cessors shall have been appointed and have qualified, unless sooner 
removed for official misconduct. 

§ 25. The treasurer of the city, comptroller, collector of taxes and 
assessments, auditor, street commissioner, city clerk, the attorney and 
counsellor, and such other officers as the common council shall direct, 
shall severally execute a bond to the corporation, in such penalty as 
the said common council shall require, except as herein otherwise 
provided, with such sureties as said common council shall approve, 
conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties, 
and for accounting and paying over all moneys by them respectively 
received in their official capacities. In case such officers shall re- 
fuse or neglect, for ten days after they are notified of their election or 
appointment, to execute and deliver to the city clerk the bond herein 
required, such neglect or refusal shall be immediately reported to the 
said common council, who may declare such office vacant, and forth- 
with proceed to appoint another in his place. 

§ 26. The constables elected by the several wards shall also, with 
such sureties as the said common council shall approve, severally 
execute and deliver to said corporation a bond for the faithful per- 
formance of their duties, and for the due payment, to every person 
who may be entitled thereto, of all such sums of money as such con- 
stable may become liable to pay, by means, or on account of any 
execution or other process which shall be delivered to him for col- 
lection. 

§ 27. The sureties referred to in the last two preceding sections 
shall justify in such form as the common council shall prescribe, and 
the bonds thereby required, after having been duly approved, shall 
be filed in the office of the city clerk, except that the bond of the 
city clerk shall be filed in the office of the comptroller, before any 
one of the officers required to execute the same shall enter upon the 
duties of their respective offices. 

§ 28. Every person elected or appointed to any office in pursuance 
of this act, or of any law or ordinance of the common council, shall, 
before he enters upon the duties of such office, take and subscribe, 
before the mayor, city clerk, or some person authorized to administer 
the same, the constitutional oath of office of this state, and file the 
same in the office of the city clerk ; and if any such person shall 
neglect to take such oath for ten days after receiving notice of his 
election or appointment, or shall neglect for the like space of time to 
give such security as may be required of him, he shall be considered 
as having declined such office, and the same shall be deemed vacant ; 
and if, and whenever any vacancy shall occur in any of the offices to 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 33 



Title III.— Section 29. 



which by this act the common council may make appointments, it 
shall proceed to appoint suitable persons to fill such vacancies. 

§ 29. The common council shall grant and pay to the mayor, 
comptroller, auditor, street commissioner, chief of police, collectors of 
taxes and assessments, attorney and counsellor, treasurer and all other 
oftcers, assessors, commissioners, clerks or other subordinates, elected 
or appomted under or in pursuance of this act (except to aldermen 
and supervisors), such stated salaries as it may from time to time 
deem proper or shall be fixed by this act; but such salaries shall be 
instead of all fees and perquisites whatever, for services performed by 
such ofticers ; and all such fees and perquisites shall be collected and 
paid to the treasurer of the city for the use of the city, by every such 
otiicer and clerk, monthly, under oath, to be filed with the comptroller 
before he shall be entitled to receive any such salary; but no oflScer's 
salary shall be either increased or diminished after his election and 
during his continuance in oflfice. 

_ § 30. Any ofiicer elected under this act may resign his oflSce by 
givmg notice, in writing, of his intention to the city clerk and pub- 
li^mg a copy of such notice in the corporation newspapers; and any 
ofhcer failing to discharge the duties of his office for the space of one 
month shall, unless excused by the common council, be deemed to 
have resigned. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any of said offices 
except m the office of an alderman, whether caused by death, removal 
or otherwise, the common council may proceed, by ballot, to fill the 
vacancy untd the next ensuing charter election, when a person shaU 
be elected for the balance, if any, of the term so vacated. 

§ 31. Any officer, except the mayor, may be removed from office 
lor misconduct by the resolution of the common council, provided that 
no such removal shall take place until the party sought to be removed 
has had an opportunity to be heard on his defence, nor unless two- 
tuircls ot all the members elected, respectively, vote therefor When- 
ever any such removal shall take place, the cause therefor, together 
with the ayes and noes upon the vote taken, shall be entered at large 
upon the journal of the common council. 

§82 If any person, having been an officer of said city, shall not, 
withm ten days after he shall have vacated or been removed from the 
office, and upon notification and request by the city clerk, or within 
such time thereafter as the common council shall allow, deliver over 
to his successor in office all the property, books and papers belonging 
to the city, or appertaining to such office, in his possession or under 
his control he shall forfeit and pay to the city the sum of five hundred 
dollars, to be sued for and recovered with costs. 

§ 33. No member of the common council shall, during the period 
for which he was elected, be appointed to or competent to hold any 
office the emoluments of which are paid from the treasury; or be 
direct y or indirectly interested in any contract, work or business, or 
the sale ot any article, the expense, price or consideration of which is 
paid trom the said city treasury, or by any assessment levied by any 
act or ordinance of the said common council; nor shall an/ such 



34 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title III.— Section 34. 



member be directly or indirectly interested in the purchase of any real 
estate or property belonging to the corporation, or which shall be sold 
for taxes or assessments, or become security for any oflBcer appointed by 
said common council, or for any contractor under the city government. 

§ 34. There shall be elected annually in each ward, at the same 
time with the other city officers, a supervisor who shall possess all the 
powers and be entitled to the compensation of a supervisor of the 
county of Kings; and the said supervisor shall possess the powers and 
perform the duties in the city court of Brooklyn now invested by law 
in the aldermen of said city. 

§ 35. That portion of the city lying south and west of the ISTavy 
Hospital and Flushing avenue, shall be denominated the Western 
District ; and the present city of Williamsburgh, and the town of 
Bushwick, and that portion of the city of Brooklyn lying north and 
east of the Naval Hospital and Flushing avenue, shall be denominated 
the Eastern District. 

§ 36. The jurisdiction of " the city court of Brooklyn " is hereby 
extended to the city hereby incorporated, and the powers of said court 
and of the judge thereof shall be the same as if the city hereby incor- 
porated had been included in the act establishing said court and 
amending the same. The election of city judge shall be held at the 
general election in November, 1854, and at the general election every 
six years thereafter. 



TITLE ly. 

OF ASSESSIVIEXTS FOE PUBLIC OE LOCAL EMPEOVEMENTS. 

Sec. 1. — Opening and closing streets, «&c. 

As to lamps, cisterns, sewers, wells, &c. 
Assessments for opening streets, &c. 

2. — Sfreets, parks, &c., opened only on petition therefor, 

3. — Proceedings on petition. 

Commissioners of estimate and assessment, qualifications 

4. — Petitioners liable for expenses, if denied. 

5. — Map of premises to be assessed. 

6. — Commissioners of estimate to take oath. 

7.— Report of commissioners, in what manner made. 

8. — Proceedings as to residue of lots injured by improvement. 

9. — Estimated benefit, how assessed. 
10. — Estimated damage, how assessed. 
11. — On damage by intervening lands. 
12. — Notice ofrevision of report of commissioners. 

Appeal from decision of commissioners, how made. 
13. — On hearing of appeal; proceeding. 
14. — Costs of appeal, how awarded in certain cases. 
15. — On confirmation of commissioners' report; proceeding. 
16. — Damages awarded paid by comptroller. 
17. — Pay of commis-ioiiers of estimate and assessment 
IS. — Overestimated expense to be refunded. 
19. — Guardians for infants, how appointed. 

20. — Costs and fees of attorney ; amount of; to be paid into treasury. 
21. — Assessments for improvements, a lien on property assessed. 
22. — Of street regulating, and other improvements 
23. — Expense, how assessed. 
24. — Notice of assessment to be given. 
25.— Eeport of committee on assessments. 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 35 

Title IV. —Section 1. 

26 and 27. — On corrections of assessments. 

28. — Assessors; one elected in each ward biennially ; exception. 

Classification of assessors first elected ; one and two year terms. 
29. — Power of assessors to examine persons to be assessed. 
80. — Ward maps ; uses and purposes. 

Lands may be assessed in name of occupant. 
81. — Board of assessors ; ortjanization ; president and secretary. 
8'2. — On the pay of assessors and secretary. 
83. — On assessment laws. 
84. — On streets in first five wards. 

Section 1. The common council shall have power, under the re- 
strictions and limitations hereinafter mentioned, to cause streets and 
avenues to be opened and widened, and to be regulated, graded and 
paved, and to cause public squares and parks to be opened, regulated, 
ornamented and protected, and streets and avenues to be kept in re- 
pair, and from time to time to be repaved, or regraded and repaved ; 
to close up and discontinue roads, streets, lanes and avenues ; to pro- 
vide that lamp posts and lamps be erected, and cisterns made for the 
purpose of furnishing water in case of fire ; to cause sewers and 
drains, wells and pumps to be constructed and repaired, and generally 
to have such other improvements in and about such streets, avenues 
and squares as the public want and convenience shall require. The ex- 
pense of all such improvements (except for repairs) shall be assessed 
and be a lien on the property benefited thereby, in proportion to the 
amount of said benefit. In all cases where the common council shall 
decide upon the grading and paving any street or avenue, they shall 
cause a sufficient number of culverts or drains to be constructed under 
such street or avenue, as may be necessary to carry oW the surface 
water of the lands which shed their water across the line of such 
street or avenue. 

§ 2. No proceedings shall be taken to open any street, park, ave- 
nue or square, unless upon petition, signed by a majority of the per- 
sons owning land situated on the line of the said improvement ; and 
all streets and squares now opened or used as such, and streets and 
squares to be opened and widened by the proceedings under these pro- 
visions, or to be ceded to and accepted by the common council, shall 
be under the jurisdiction, management and control of the said com- 
mon council, for the purpose of making the improvements before 
mentioned, as the public wants and convenience shall require, and for 
all purposes mentioned in or necessary for the fully carrying into effect 
all the provisions of this act, and the powers granted to the common 
council by this or any other act. 

§ 3. AVhenever a petition for opening or widening any street, road, 
avenue, park or square in said city, signed by a majority of the per- 
sons owning land situated on the line of the same, shall be presented, 
the common council of said city shall cause a notice to be published, 
in two of the newspapers published in said city, that such application 
has been made, and of the time (which shall not be less than twenty 
days after the first publication of such notice) when they will proceed 
on said petition, which notice shall be pubhshed daily for two weeks 
Buccessively ; and unless a remonstrance, signed by a majority of the 



36 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title IV.— Section 4. 

persons who will be assessed for the expenses thereof, shall be pre- 
sented to them on or before the day specified in said notice, and if 
they shall deem the application proper, they may, on the day specified 
in said notice, or as soon thereafter as may be, by a resolution, decide 
to allow such improvement to be made. Before giving notice of the 
pendency of such application, the common council shall fix the limit 
or district of assessment beyond which the assessment shall not 
extend; and a description of such limit or district shall be inserted in 
and form part of such notice. If the common council shall deem it 
proper to permit such improvements to be made, they shall cause 
application to be made to the county court of the county of Kings, or 
in case of the disability of the county judge, by reason of interest or 
otherwise, then to the supreme court at a special term held in the 
county for the appointment of three persons as commissioners to esti- 
mate and assess the expense of said im}>rovement, the amount of dam- 
ages and benefit to be sustained and derived therefrom by the owners 
of such lands and buildings at may be aflfected thereby. The persons 
so appointed shall not be interested in the improvement. The said court 
may also appoint another or others to act in the place of any one or 
more of such commissioners who may die, decline serving, remove from 
the city, be or become interested in the improvement, or from any 
cause may be disabled from serving. 

§ 4. The persons so applying, and who shall have signed a petition 
for any such improvement, shall be chargeable with, and are hereby 
declared liable for all charges and expenses which may accrue on 
such application, if the same is refused by the common council ; and 
also for all costs, fees, damages and expenses which shall not be col- 
lected on any proceedings instituted under any such petition or peti- 
tions by the common council. 

§ 5. The common council of the city of Brooklyn shall cause a map 
to be made under the direction of the street commissioner, by a com- 
petent surveyor, on which map shall be designated by feet and inches, 
as near as may be, the several pieces of land and premises necessary to 
be taken for the improvement, and of any residue of lots or pieces of 
land within the district of assessment, of which only a part will be re- 
quired of the same ; and also the several pieces of land and premises 
within the district of assessment laid out by the said common council, 
which said several pieces of land shall be numbered in figures from one 
upwards ; and the map aforesaid shall form and constitute a part of 
the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment, and shall 
be deposited with the report for examination in the ofiice of the clerk 
of the county of Kings. 

§ 6. The said commissioners shall be sworn, before some officer 
authorized to administer oaths, faithfully and impartially to perform 
the duties which shall devolve upon them by virtue of said appoint- 
ment, and shall then proceed with all reasonable diligence to make 
the estimate and assessment mentioned in the preceding section ; 
and for this purpose they shall have power to enter upon and exam- 
ine any premises which, in their opinion, will be afifected by said 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 37 

Title IV.— Section 7. 

improvement, to hear the proofs and allegations of the parties inter- 
ested at such time and place as they may appoint, and to continue 
such hearing by adjournment from time to time as they may deem 
proper. 

§ 7. The report of said commissioners shall be made in a tabnlar 
form, with columns, in which shall be distinctly given the whole ex- 
pense of the proposed improvement, and the several items thereof, the 
number on the map of the pieces of land required for the improve- 
ment, and of any residue, lots or pieces of land, within the district of 
assessment, of which only a part will be required for the same ; the 
number of the pieces of land assessed for benefits ; the names of per- 
sons interested in the property taken or assessed for the improve- 
ment; the amount awarded to the different parties interested in the 
lands and premises required for the improvement; the amount as- 
sessed on each piece of land, and on the diflerent interests therein ; 
the balance of award to be received by the respective parties over the 
assessment ; the balance of assessment to be paid by each individual 
whose assessments amount to more than the award ; and so many 
and such other different columns and tabular statements as may be 
necessary to designate the true interests of the parties in the lands and 
premises required for the improvement and their liabilities in relation 
thereto. 

§ 8. When a residue shall be left of any lot or lots necessary to be 
taken for such improvement, the said commissioners ma}^, in cases 
where injury or injustice would otherwise be done, and with the con- 
sent, in writing, of the owner or owners of such lot or lots, include 
the whole or any part of such residue in their report (briefly describ- 
ing the same), and estimate separately the value thereof. Every 
such residue or part of a residue, which shall be so included, shall, 
npon the confirmation of said report, as hereinafter provided, and the 
payment or tender of the amount at which the same shall be so esti- 
mated to the owner or owners thereof, vest in fee simple in the city 
of Brooklyn, who shall thereupon sell and dispose of the same, at a 
price or prices not less than the sum at which it shall have been so 
estimated, to the owner or owners of the next adjacent lands ; and 
if he or they shall not upon reasonable notice, to be determined by 
the common council of said city, elect to take the same at such price 
or prices, it shall be disposed of at public auction, upon such notice as 
the common council shall deem proper, for the best price or prices that 
can be obtained for the same. In case the same shall sell for a less 
sum than that at which its value was estimated by the commissioners, 
the deficiency shall be deemed a part of the general amount of loss and 
expense arising from the improvement. And for the purpose of pro- 
viding for the event of such deficiency, and for the payment of the 
amount thereof, the commissioners shall include, in the estimate and 
assessment of the expense of such improvement, the estimated value of 
any such residue, or part of a residue, which may be included as afore- 
said in their report, and upon the sale of the same, as above provided, 
the proceeds thereof shall be credited and allowed to each of the per- 



38 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title IV.— Section 9. 

sons assessed, in proportion to the amount of the respective assessments 
against them. 

§ 9. In other cases in which part only of the land and premises of 
any person or persons will be required for any such proposed improve- 
ment, the fair estimated benefit to be derived by him, her or them, 
in common with others, for the said improvement, shall be assessed 
and be a lien npon the residue of such land and premises, but such 
assessment shall in no case exceed the value of such residue ; and if 
in the opinion of the court to whom the said report shall be pre- 
sented for confirmation, as hereinafter provided, any assessment shall 
exceed such value, it shall be good cause against confirming the said 
report. 

§ 10. When all the land and premises of any person or persons will 
be required for the contemplated improvement, or ivhere part only 
thereof will be required, and the estimated damages to be sustained by 
the appropriation of such part to the purposes thereof shall exceed the 
fair estimated benefit which, in common with others, he, she or they 
will derive from the said improvement, the amount of the estimated 
damages in the first case, and of the excess of such estimated damages 
in the last, shall be assessed and be a lien on other lands and premises, 
according to the estimated benefit to be derived from the said im- 
provement. 

§ 11. The said commissioners shall also estimate in their said report 
any damages arising from the said improvement which may be sus- 
tained by the owner or owners of any land bounded on public high- 
way by reason of the location of the proposed street, avenue or square, 
in such manner as to interpose the land of any other person between 
such proposed street, avenue or square and the said highway ; and the 
amount of such estimated damages shall be assessed and be a lien on 
other lands and premises, according to the benefit to be derived by 
them respectively from the said improvement. 

§ 12. After said report shall be completed, it shall be filed by the 
said commissioners in the oflSce of the clerk of the county of Kings. 
They shall then cause a notice to be published that the same has been 
completed and filed, and that they will meet at a time and place 
therein to be specified, not less than ten days from the first publication 
of such notice, to review their report. During that time the said re- 
port may be examined, free of expense, by all persons interested ; and 
at the time and place so specified any person may oifer objections in 
writing to the said report, and accompany the same with such aflfi- 
davits as he may think proper. The said commisioners shall there- 
upon, or as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, review their said 
report, and correct the same where they shall deem it proper, and 
shall then again file the same in the oflfice of the clerk of the said 
county of Kings. The common council shall then cause a notice to 
be published, in the newspaper or newspapers employed by the said 
corporation, that the said report has been so completed and filed, and 
that application will be made on behalf of the said common council 
to the county court of the county of Kings, or to the supreme court at 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 39 



Title IV.— Section 13. 



one of the special terras thereof, the time to be specified in such notice 
(and m either case not less than ten days from first publication thereof), 
to have said report confirmed. During the said space of ten days 
the said report shall remain open to the inspection, free of expense, 
of all persons interested ; and any snch person may, within that time 
appeal from said report. Such appeal shall be by notice, to be served 
on the clerk of the said common council within the period last men- 
tioned, and at least six days before the time at which the said report 
is to be pi;esented to the court for confirmation, which notice shall be 
accompamed with copies of the affidavits which shall have been de- 
livered to the commisioners (if it shall be intended to use or to refer 
to copies thereof on such appeal), and also with a brief statement in 
writing of the grounds of objection to such report, and of the manner 
m which It is contended that the same ought to be altered 

§ 13. Such appeal shall be heard by the court to which the said re- 
port shall be presented for confirmation, at the time the same shall be 
so presented. Copies of the affidavits which shall have been delivered 
and served as aforesaid (but no others) may be read against confirming 
the said report, and affidavits may be also read to sustain the same^ 
but no cause against such confirmation shall be heard, except an ap- 
peal shall have been made in the manner provided in the preceding 
section of this act. If no sufficient reason to the contrarv shall ap- 
pear to the court, they shall confirm the said report; or if, in their 
opmion, the same ought not to be confirmed, they may refuse so to 
do, and in the event of such refusal they shall in the proper cases re- 
fer It back for revision and correction to the same or other commission- 
ers, who shall proceed to revise and correct the same, and cause it, or 
a new report, to be filed in the office of the clerk of the said county. 
The common council shall thereupon cause a new notice to be pub- 
lished, in the manner required in the preceding section of this act, of 
the fihng of such report, and of their intention to apply for the confir- 
mation thereof. The said report may be appealed ffom within the 
time and m the manner provided in the said section, and such appeal 
shall be proceeded upon and the said report again disposed of in the 
manner directed by this section; and so often as any such report 
sha be referred back for revision and correction, the like proceedings 
shall be thereupon had as are provided in this section upon a fii?t 
reference back to the said commissioners. In cases, however, where 
the said court can from the nature of the case and shall direct specific 
alterations to be made therein, and such alterations shall be made in 
Its presence or during the same term, they may thereupon absolutely 
confirm the said report without further notice. 

I 14. The court to which any such report shall be presented for 
confirmation shall have power, in their discretion, to award costs 
against the appellant in cases where the appeal shall not be prosecuted 
or sustained. '■ 

§ 1^. After the reports of the commissioners shall be confirmed, the 
said reports shaU be delivered to the common council of said city, 
who shaU be thereupon authorized to cause such improvements to be 



40 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title TV.— Section 16. 

made. At such time within the space of thirty days next after the 
confirmation of the said report, any person from whom any assess- 
ment contained therein may be due may pay the amount thereof, 
without any additional expense for collecting, to the collectors of taxes 
and assessments, and in the manner herein and by this act provided. 

§ 16. The city comptroller shall pay to the persons (or to the attor- 
neys or legal representatives of such persons) to whom damages may 
have been awarded in such report the amount of such damages, with- 
out any deduction therefrom by way of fee or commission. 

§ 17. The commissioners of estimate and assessment, to be appoint- 
ed as aforesaid, shall be allowed two dollars for each and every day 
while actually and necessarily employed in and about their duties ; 
provided they shall each make an affidavit that they and each of 
them were so employed for four hours at least in each day, except 
the first and last days, on which they shall meet and present their 
account for such service, so verified, to the proper officers for taxa- 
tion ; and such compensation, and the fees and charges of surveyors 
and other persons, shall be estimated as part of the expenses of the 
improvement, and be afterwards taxed or certified by some officer 
authorized to tax costs in the supreme court of this state. 

§ 18. If the estimate of the expenses shall exceed the amount of 
expenses which shall be actually incurred in making the improve- 
ment, such excess shall be refunded or allowed to the persons assess- 
ed, in proportion to the amount of their respective assessments. 

§ 19. In any case of opening, widening or extending any street, 
avenue or square, road or highway, under the provisions of this act, 
the county court of the county of Kings, or the county judge thereof 
in term or vacation, or a justice of the supreme court, shall have 
power, on application, to appoint guardians for infants or other in»- 
competent persons, in the nature of guardians ad litem, to protect 
their interests or prosecute appeals, who shall be entitled to receive 
five dollars for their services and attendance before the commission- 
ers, and no other fees or costs, unless upon an appeal, in which case 
the judge who shall hear the appeal shall fix upon the further amount 
to be allowed them, if any, and shall certify the same. 

§ 20. The costs and fees of the attorney and counsel in any such 
proceedings, exclusive of his disbursements, shall not exceed in any 
case the sum of two hundred dollars, unless on appeal, or when the 
report is sent back to the commissioners ; and in such case the j udge 
who heard the appeal may allow such further sum in addition to the 
taxed or certified bills as he may deem just and proper; and such 
costs and fees shall be paid into the city treasury for the use of the 
city. 

§ 21. All assessments for improvements in said city, when the 
same shall have been confirmed according to the provisions of this 
act, shall constitute and be a lien upon the property assessed, from 
the time of such confirmation, which lien shall have priority over all 
other liens or incumbrances. 

§ 22. The board of assessors shall, under such regulations as they 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 41 



Title IV.— Section 23. 



may adopt, and by at least three of their number, apportion and 
assess the expense of regulating, grading and paving, or regrading 
and repaying streets, and of constructing wells and^ Dumps, public 
cisterns, sewers and drains, lamp- posts and lamps, flagging side-walks 
fencing and filling in lots, and of all other public improvements, ex- 
cept as herein otherwise directed; and the common council shall 
proceed in regard to the assessments therefor in the manner herein- 
after provided. 

§ 23. Upon a copy of the resolution of the common council deciding 
to make any such improvement and fixing the amount to be assessed 
for the expense thereof, certified by the city clerk and approved by 
the mayor, being sent to the board of assessors, they shall thereupon 
proceed to view the premises, and shall assess the expense of said im- 
provement upon the several lots, pieces or parcels of land benefited, 
in proportion to the benefit which, in their opinion, the same shall 
derive from or injustice ought to be assessed for the said improve- 
ment. 

§ 24. The board of assessors shall make a report, in writing, of the 
assessment so made, and before proceeding to sign the same shall 
give notice in the corporation newspapers of the district, which notice 
shall be published for ten days successively, of the time and place 
when and where the parties interested can be heard ; and after hear- 
ing the parties, the board of assessors shall proceed and complete the 
report and sign the same, and return the said report, with all objec- 
tions in writing which shall be presented to and left with them by 
any of the parties interested, to the common council, who shall refer 
the same, in case of any objections in writing, to the proper commit- 
tee of the board. The said committee shall publish a notice in the 
corporation newspapers of the district, for ten days successively, to the 
parties interested, of the time and place when and where they will 
meet to hear them on the objections and report. 

§ 25. The said committee shall thereupon examine the matter and 
report of the common council, and shall return to them the said re- 
port of the board of assessors, with the objections of the parties, 
together with the views and opinions of the committee respecting the 
said report. 

§ 26. The common council shall thereupon examine the matter, 
and may correct the said report and assessment, send it back to the 
board of assessors, or confirm the same, as they may deem just and 
proper, and their confirmation in the matter shall be final and con- 
clusive. 

§ 27. And the like proceedings shall be had when the report of the 
board of assessors is sent back as in the first instance. 

§ 28. At the annual election for charter oflicers, first to be held un- 
der this act, there shall be elected from each ward one assessor. The 
assessors so elected shall constitute a board of assessors, who shall be 
divided into two classes; the assessors of the first, third, fifth, seventh, 
ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth wards shall form 
the first class, and the assessors of the remaining wards shall form the 



42 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title IV.— Section 29. 

second class ; the first class shall hold office one year, and the second 
class shall hold office two years ; but after the first year the term of 
office of both classes shall be two years. 

§ 29. The said assessors shall have power to examine, upon oath, 
every person whom tliey shall believe ought to be assessed for his per- 
sonal property, and sliall also have power to examine, under oath, 
such other persons, as witnesses in relation thereto, as they may deem 
proper, and for that purpose may administer oaths and issue process 
to compel the attendance of witnesses before them. Any person 
who shall refuse to make, under oath, a full disclosure of all the facts 
necessary to enable the assessors to make a fair and just assessment 
of his personal property, when duly called upon by the assessors to 
do so, or to answer such questions as may be put to him in relation 
thereto, shall be assessed a ^oss sum, ivhich in their judgment will 
be the full amount of his personal estate, and shall forfeit for one 
year all the rights and privileges given to persons aggrieved by the 
assessment of assessors by the law " for the assessment and collection 
of taxes." 

§ 30. The ward maps made or to be made, shall be filed in an 
office to be provided by the city for the use of the board of assessors, 
and assessments on land in the respective w^ards shall refer to such 
maps, except in cases of opening streets, avenues, squares and parks; 
and where a portion of any lot of land laid down on said maps shall be 
taken for any improvement, the residue shall be deemed to be held for 
any assessment thereon, and land occupied by a person other than the 
owner may be assessed in the name of the occupant. 

§ 31. The board of assessors shall elect one of their number president, 
and appoint a competent person as their secretary, who shall make out 
the assessment lists under the direction of said board, and perform such 
other duties as may be required of him by said board or the common 
council. The common council shall provide a suitable room for said 
assessors, in which they shall transact their business; and the assess- 
ment rolls of the several wards when completed shall be left for in- 
spection and examination by any person interested, and of which the 
assessors shall give due notice, as required by law, and the said assess- 
ment rolls shall be open for inspection during thirty days from the time 
of the first publication of such notice. 

§ 32. The common council shall fix an annual compensation for such 
assessors and secretar}^, to be levied in the annual tax, and may, by or- 
dinance, regulate the duties under the foregoing provision, and remove 
such assessors for incompetency or neglect of duty. 

§ 33. All provisions of law now applicable to the assessors of Brook- 
lyn, or towns of this state, in relation to the assessment and collection 
of taxes in said city, not inconsistent with this act, are hereby declared 
to apply to the assessors elected under this act. 

§ 34. The common council shall have power to lay out streets 
■within the first five wards of the cit}^, where such improvements may 
be deemed proper, although the same have not been laid out on any 
public map of the town, village or city of Brooklyn, and to extend or 



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Title v.— Section 1. 



lengthen streets heretofore laid out by law in any part of said city 
upon the written application of a majority of the persons owning the 
property on the portion of the street to be added by such extension. 
All provisions of law applicable to such improvements, and to the 
opening and subsequent improvement of streets, shall be applied to 
the streets to be laid out, extended or lengtliened ; and all such pro- 
visions are hereby extended over and applied to the land covered 
with water between the line of bulkhead as now actually existino- 
and the permanent water line as heretofore established by law, and 
lying north and east of the westerly line of Fulton street continued 
out to such water Mne ; and the city of Brooklyn shall have iuris- 
diction over such land covered with water for the purpose of making 
such improvements. 

TITLE V. 

OF THE COLLECTION OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. 

Sec. 1.— Two collectors of taxes and assessments, one for western and one fbr eastern 
district, elected triennially. 
2. — Collectors to give bonds. 
3.— On suspension of collectors. 
4. — Assistant collectors, how appointed. 
5. — Deputy collectors, how api>ointed. 
6.— Powers of collectors, assistants and deputies. 
7.— Eenewal of bonds; when surety may be discharged. 
8.— Expense of collection to be included in tax. 

Salaries of collectors, assistants and deputies. 
9.— Embezzlement, &c. of public money; penalty. 
10. — Assessment rolls. 
11. — Collectors' v,-arrants: time to run. 
12.— Abstract of tax rolls, to be made. 
13.— On collectors paying over and accounting. 
14.— Of taxes paid within thirty days. 

Per centage added on neglect to pay. 
15.— Collectors to account for "unpaid taxes. 
16. — Urij)aid taxes credited to collectors. 

H"""9° ^"'^^'^'^^^■^ refusing or neglecting to pay over or account, 
18. — On county treasurer and comptroller receiving taxes. 
19.— Proceedings of county treasurer respecting unpaid taxes, 
20.— Rejected taxes to be re-levied. 
2L— Rejected assessments to be re-assessed. 
22.— On assessments rejected for want of jurisdiction. 

On re-assessnients, excess, &c. 
23.— On unpaid assessments on real estate, 
24.— Unpaid taxes to be published. 
25.— Aflidavit of publication, to be made by printer. 
26.— On sale of lands for unpaid taxes. 
27.— Notice to mortgagee of lands sold. 
2S. — AfKdavit of service of notice. 
29.— Redemption of lands sold, lime for 
30.— Conveyance; when to be executed, 
oo ""o*'."' ^^ proceed when owners are infants or incompetent 
32,— Co ector's duty in relation to taxes paid after limited time. 
(.collectors to account to treasurer for proceeds of sales, 
; S3.— Collectors to make conveyances of lands sold for taxes. 

On grantees' right of possession, &c. 

Section 1. There shall be elected at the election in November 
1854, and every third year thereafter, two collectors, who shall hold 
their office for the term of three years and until others shall be elected 



44 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title v.— Section 2. 



in their place and be duly qualified, one of whom shall reside and keep 
an office in the eastern district, and be called the collector of taxes for 
the eastern district of the city of Brooklyn, and the other shall reside 
and keep an office in the western district, and be called the collector of 
taxes for the western district of the city of Brooklyn. The common 
council shall provide suitable offices, which shall be kept open for the 
transaction of business, during such hours as the common council shall 
designate, on each day in the year, except Sundays and such holidays 
as shall be observed by the general custom of said city, or by recom- 
mendation of public authority. 

§ 2. The said collectors shall, respectively, execute a bond to the 
city of Brooklyn, with at least two sureties, who shall be freeholders 
in the county of Kings, in such penalty, not less than one hundred 
thousand dollars for the collector of the western district, and sixty 
thousand dollars for the collector of the eastern district, as tlie com- 
mon council shall direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of 
the duties of their office, and for accounting and paying over, as 
directed by law, all moneys which shall be received by them as such 
collectors. Such sureties shall severally justify, under oath, to be 
indorsed on said bond, in sums which, together, shall constitute at 
least double the amount of the penalty of the bond, to be approved by 
the common council. The bond shall be filed with the clerk of the 
county of Kings ; and if not filed within twenty days after the col- 
lectors shall be notified of their election, the office shall be deemed 
vacant ; and no collector shall enter upon the duties of his office until 
said bond shall be duly executed, approved and filed. The collector's 
sureties shall also be renewed during the term of his office, whenever 
and as often as the common council shall direct, and if not so renewed 
within twenty days after notice to the collector, his office shall be 
deemed vacant. 

§ 3. The common council may, by resolution, suspend a collector 
for official neglect or misconduct, in which case they shall immedi- 
ately cause written notice, with a copy of the charges tliereof, to be 
left at his office ; they shall then proceed to investigate the charges 
against him, and if such charges are sustained may remove him from 
office in the manner hereinbefore provided for the removal of other 
officers of the city government. 

§ 4. Each collector shall, as soon as may be after he has taken upon 
himself the execution of his office, appoint some proper person assistant 
collector of taxes and assessments, to hold his appointment during the 
pleasure of such collector, and he shall, as often as a vacancy shall 
occur in the office of assistant collector, appoint another in his place ; 
and whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of collector, the said 
assistant collector shall execute the powers and discharge the duties 
of collector until another collector shall be appointed. 

§ 5. Each collector may also, with the consent of the common 
council, appoint as many deputies as he may think proper, who shall 
hold their appointment during the pleasure of the common council. 
Every appointment of an assistant collector, or of a deputy collector, 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 45 

Title v.— Section 6. 

shall be in writing, under the hand and seal of the collector, and shall 
be filed in the office of the clerk of the county ; and every such assist- 
ant or deputy shall, before he enters on the execution of the duties of 
his office, take the oath prescribed in the constitution, and the collector 
may require of him a bond and sureties for the performance of his 
duties. Any default or misfeasance in office of any such assistant or 
deputy shall be deemed to be a breach of the condition of the bond 
given by the collector who appointed him. 

§ 6. Each assistant collector shall have the same power as the col- 
lector, except that of the appointment of deputies ; and the collector, 
assistant collector and deputy collectors shall have the same powers as 
the collectors in the several towns in this state ; but such assistants 
and deputies shall, in the exercise of their powers, be subject to the 
direction and control of the collector. 

§ 7. If any person who shall have become surety for a collector 
shall, by notice in writing, to be served on the mayor or clerk of the 
common council, require the said collector to renew his official bond, 
such person shall be discharged from all future liability as such surety 
from and after the settlement of the accounts of the collector for moneys 
received prior to such discharge, who shall be required to make such 
settlement within thirty days after notice from the common council 
to that effect. 

§ 8. There shall be added to and included in every tax and assess- 
ment levied and assessed in the city of Brooklyn the sum of five per 
cent, upon the amount of such tax and assessment for the expense of 
collection, which, together with the amount to be added for neglect 
to pay within the time specified in the warrants of the collectors, as 
hereinafter provided, shall be for the use of said city. The common 
council shall fix the salary or other compensation to be paid to the 
collectors, their assistants and deputies, and pay the same to them out 
of the moneys raised by tax for city purposes ; and neither the said 
collectors nor their assistants or deputies shall receive any other or 
further compensation for services or for other expenses of their offices ; 
but the common council shall provide for said collectors all necessary 
desks, furniture, fuel, lights, books and blank forms. 

§ 9. If any collector, assistant collector or deputy collector shall 
convert to his own use, in any way whatever, or shall use by way of 
investment in any kind of property or merchandise, or shall loan, in 
any way, any portion of the moneys received or collected by him as 
such collector, assistant or deputy collector, every such act shall be 
deemed and adjudged to be an embezzlement of so much of said 
moneys as shall be thus taken, invested, used or loaned, which is 
hereby declared to be a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state 
prison for a term not exceeding five years. 

§ 10. The board of supervisors of the county of Kings shall cause 
the corrected assessment rolls of the several wards, or fair copies 
thereof, with warrants for collection, to be delivered to the respective 
collectors on or before the first day of October, in each year ; and the 
common council shall cause every assessment roll made for any im- 



46 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title v.— Section 11. 

provement in said city, or fair copies thereof, with a warrant for col- 
lection, to be delivered to said collectors within ten days after the 
same shall be finally confirmed. But no warrant for the collection of 
any assessment shall be issued by the common council, until all the 
proceedings had in laying said assessment shall have been examined 
and certified as correct by the street commissioner and the attorney 
and counsel of the city, which certificate shall be indorsed upon or 
annexed to the assessment roll, and shall be conclusive evidence as to 
the regularity of the proceedings. 

§ 11. The warrants of the board of supervisors shall be under their 
hands and seals, or the hands and seals of a majority of them, and 
shall require the collectors, out of the moneys to be collected, to pay 
over to the city treasurer such sum as shall be raised for the city pur- 
poses, and to the county treasurer the residue of said moneys, within 
one hundred and eighty days from the date of such warrants. The 
warrants of the common council shall be signed by the mayor, and 
shall be under the corporate seal of the city, attested by the clerk, 
and shall require the collectors to pay the moneys to be collected to 
the city treasury within one hundred and twenty days from the date 
thereof ; and to collect from the several persons named in the assess- 
ment roll annexed thereto, the several sums mentioned in the last 
column of such roll opposite to their respective names, and shall not 
be renewable except in cases where the collection has been stayed by 
any legal proceedings ; and in such cases the common council shall 
have power, after the cessation of such stay, to cause new warrants 
to be issued to the collectors for the full term of one hundred and 
twenty days, as if no previous warrant had been issued. This pro- 
vision shall apply to all cases where the collection has been or here- 
after may be stayed by any legal process or proceedings. 

§ 12. As soon as practicable after the annual tax rolls shall have 
been delivered to the collectors, they shall, in books to be provided 
for that purpose, prepare an abstract of said rolls, adding thereto all 
taxes and assessments as shall from time to time thereafter become 
chargeable upon such property, to the end that said abstract shall at 
aU times exhibit in a condensed form all existing charges against the 
property as accurately as practicable. 

§ 13. The collectors shall receive the taxes and assessments men- 
tioned in said rolls, and shall, on the same day that they receive the 
same, pay over to the city treasurer all moneys which shall have been 
received by them for taxes and assessments for city purposes, or for 
local improvements, and render to the comptroller of the city a just 
and true account of the same. They shall also, every week, and as 
much oftener as required by the county treasurer, at the collector's 
ofiice, render a like account of moneys received for taxes payable to 
the county treasurer, and at the same time pay over such moneys to 
the said county treasurer. 

§ 14. All taxes and assessments which shall be paid to the col- 
lectors within thirty da3^s after such tax or assessment roll shall have 
been delivered to them, shall be received by them without any ad- 



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Title v.— Section 15. 



ditional charge; on all taxes or assessm'ents which shall be paid 
them after the expiration of thirty days, and within sixty days after 
snch delivery, they shall add one per cent, and one per cent, shall be 
added for* every thirty days thereafter, until such tax or assessment 
shall be paid ; when such per centage shall amount to ten per cent, 
from which time interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum 
shall be added. 

§ 15. If any of the taxes mentioned in the assessment rolls annexed 
to the warrants from the board of supervisors shall remain unpaid at 
the expiration of one hundred and eighty days from the time the said 
assessment rolls shall be delivered to them, and the collectors shall 
not be able to collect the same, they shall deliver to the county trea- 
surer an account of the taxes so remaining due in their respective 
districts, with an affidavit as required by law of collectors of towns; 
they shall respectively be credited by the county treasurer with the 
amount thereof, and if any of the assessments mentioned in the as- 
sessment rolls annexed to their respective warrants from the common 
council shall remain unpaid at the expiration of the said one hundred 
and twenty days, and the collectors shall not be able to collect the 
same, they shall deliver to the comptroller of said city an account of 
the assessments so remaining due, with an affidavit as hereinafter 
mentioned. 

§ 16. The county treasurer and comptroller respectively shall, upon 
receiving such account of unpaid taxes or assessments, compare the 
same with the original tax or assessment roll, and if he find it to be 
a true transcript thereof, he shall add to it a certificate showing that 
he had compared the account with the tax or assessment roll, and 
found the same correct ; and after crediting the collector with the 
aniount, shall, within fifteen days after receiving such account, trans- 
mit the account, certified as aforesaid, with the collector's affidavit, 
back to the collector of taxes and assessments rendering such account! 
§ 17. If the collectors shall refuse or neglect to pay to the city 
treasurer or the county treasurer the sums required by their warrants 
respectively to be paid them, or either of them, or to account for the 
same if unpaid, as hereinbefore provided, within twenty days after 
the time when such payment ought to have been made, the common 
council shall, upon receiving notice thereof from the county treasurer 
or comptroller, cause the bond of such collector to be put in suit, and 
shall be entitled to recover the sum due from such collector, with 
costs of suit ; and the moneys recovered shall be appHed and paid by 
the common council in the same manner in which it was the duty of 
the collector to have apphed and paid the same. 

_ § 18. The county treasurer and comptroller, respectively, may re- 
ceive any tax or assessment while such accounts are in their hands, 
charging the additional per centage thereon, as hereinbefore provided. 
They shall give a receipt for such payments, and make return thereof 
to the respective collectors of taxes and assessments, who shall note 
such payment on the original tax or assessment roll, or copy thereof, 
in their offices. 



48 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title v.— Section 19. 

§ 19. Before any account of unpaid taxes shall be transmitted by 
the county treasurer to the collectors of taxes and assessments, he 
shall examine them, and reject all taxes which shall be found to be 
charged for personality, or on lands imperfectly described, and shall 
furnish and transmit a certified statement of the same to the comp- 
troller and the respective collectors of taxes and assessments, and the 
supervisors of the county, and shall from time to time furnish to the 
common council or its officers a full statement of the taxes remaining 
unpaid, or of the sale of any lots or pieces of land for taxes, as may 
be called for by the common council. 

§ 20. The said supervisors shall cause the amount of rejected taxes 
to be levied, in the next assessment rolls, on the taxable property of 
the respective wards in which they were before levied, and shall di- 
rect the same to be collected with the other taxes next collected in 
such wards ; and the board of assessors shall cause said descriptions 
to be corrected in the next assessment rolls. 

§ 21. Whenever the street commissioner and the attorneys and 
counsel of the city shall reject any assessments for local improvements 
(which they are hereby authorized and empowered to do), they shall 
forthwith report the same, and the reasons therefor, to the common 
council ; and the common council shall, in case they shall have been 
rejected for irregularity in the proceedings, or for the imperfect de- 
scriptions of the lands, cause the amount thereof to be re-assessed ; 
and the common council are hereby authorized and empowered to 
have such re-assessments made in the same manner as the original 
assessment should have been made ; and such re-assessment shall 
have the same effect as if the assessment had originally been properly 
made. 

§ 22. The common council, in case any such unpaid assessments 
shall be rejected for want of jurisdiction in making the improvement, 
shall cause the expense of the proceedings and all damages conse- 
quent thereon, to be added to the amount directed to be laid in the 
next annual taxes for city purposes, and when collected, to be paid to 
the parties who shall be entitled thereto. Whenever any moneys 
shall have been paid for an assessment, and a re-assessment shall be 
made in pursuance of this section, the amount shall be credited on 
such re-assessment to the property on which the assessment was made ; 
and m case of any alteration on the re-assessment, whereby the 
amount so paid shall exceed the amount re-assessed on the same pro- 
perty, such surplus shall be repaid to the person who may have paid 
the same ; and in case it shall be insufficient to pay the amount re- 
assessed, the deficiency shall be collected in the same manner as other 
assessments. 

§ 23. Upon affidavit being made before the comptroller, or before 
any other person authorized to administer oaths in the county of 
Kings, by the collector to wiiom any warrant for the collection of 
any assessments shall be delivered as aforesaid, his assistant or one of 
his deputies, that the sums mentioned in any such account of assess- 
ments, rendered to the comptroller, by him, remain unpaid, and that 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 49 



Title v.— Section 24. 



he has not upon diligent inquiry, been able to discover any goods or 
chattels belonging to or in the possession of the persons residing in 
the city of Brooklyn charged with or liable to pay such sum whereon 
he could levy the same, and that within forty days after the warrant 
was delivered to him, he caused a written or printed notice to be 
served personally on or left at the place of residence of the person 
or persons charged with or liable to pay such assessment, if a resident 
of the city, or if not a resident of the city, that he has deposited a 
notice in one of the post offices in said city, addressed to the person 
or persons assessed, at his, her, or their last known place of residence, 
and that he has also caused a notice to be published in the corpo- 
ration newspapers of the district, designated as provided by this act, 
once a week for six weeks successively prior to the expiration of this 
warrant, which notice shall contain the name or title of the improve- 
ment, the names of the persons who have not paid, the amount due 
from each, the time when the warrant will expire, and that the pro- 
perty assessed will be returned for sale if such assessment be not paid, 
such collector shall be credited by the comptroller with the amount 
of said account. 

§ 24. Wheneve. any tax or assessment shall remain unpaid, and 
the rolls containing the same shall have been re-delivered to the col- 
lector by the county treasurer or comptroller, as aforesaid, such col- 
lector of taxes and assessments shall cause a hst thereof, signed by 
him, to be published in thQ corporation newspapers of the district, 
designated as provided by this act, together with a notice requiring 
the same to be paid, with interest as aforesaid, and expenses, on or 
before a certain day, to be therein designated, w^hich shall not be 
less than twelve weeks from the first publication thereof. Such list 
and notice shall be pubhshed once a week for twelve wrecks succes- 
sively in the corporation newspapers, describing with all convenient 
certainty, the land taxed or assessed, specifying the street avenue or 
road on which it fronts, on which side thereof, and near or between 
what streets it may lie, together with the name of the person to 
whom the same was taxed or assessed, and the name of the present 
owner, w^hen known, to the collector. 

§ 25. Every printer by whom any such hst and notice shall be 
pubhshed, shall, within ten days after the last publication thereof, 
deliver to the collector of taxes and assessments, signing the same, an 
affidavit of due publication, made by some person to whom the fact 
of publication shaU be made known. 

§ 26. If any such tax or assessment remain unpaid on the day 
specified in said notice, the collector shall proceed to sell by public 
auction, at the city hall of said city, the property on which said tax 
or assessment shall have been imposed, for the lowest term of years 
for which any person will take the same and pay the amount of such 
tax or assessment, with the interest and expenses, and he shall con- 
tinue the sale from time to time until all such lands shall be sold. 
He shaU thereupon deliver to the purchaser a certificate of such sale, 
and note the same on the original tax or assessment rolls, and on the 



50 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title v.— Section 27. 

abstracts hereinbefore directed to be kept in his office ; such certificate 
of sale sliall be recorded in the collector's office, in proper books kept 
for that purpose, and shall constitute a lien upon the lands and pre- 
mises therein described, after the same shall have been so recorded ; 
and no assignment of any certificate given on the sale of lands for any 
taxes or assessment shall have any effect until notice of the same, 
with the name and residence of the assignee, shall be filed in the office 
of the collector of taxes and assessments of the district in which the 
said lands are situated. 

§ 27. No mortgagee, whose mortgage shall have been duly re- 
corded before sale for any tax or assessment, shall be divested of his 
rights in such property, unless six months' notice in writing of such 
sale shall have been given to him by the purchaser or of those claim- 
ing under him, personally, if a resident of the county of Kings, or a 
county adjoining thereto, and if not such a resident, then upon the 
owner of the premises, if he be a resident of Kings county or a county 
adjoining thereto, and by depositing such notice in one of the post 
offices of said city, directed to the mortgagee at his place of residence, 
as stated in the mortgage or assignment thereof; but nothing herein 
contained shall be so construed as to impair the lien created by such 
sale. 

§ 28. "Within a month after the service of such notice, it shall be 
the duty of the person serving or causing the same to be served, to file, 
in the office of the collector of taxes and assessments of the district, 
a copy of the notice served, together with the affidavit of some per- 
son, who shall be certified by the officer before whom said affidavit 
shall be taken to be a creditable person, proving the due service of 
said notice. 

§ 29. The owner, mortgagee, occupant or any other person inter- 
ested in such land may, at any time within two years after the sale 
for either tax or assessment, redeem the said land by paying to the 
collector of taxes and assessments in the district in which said lands 
are situated, for the use of said purchaser, the said purchase money, 
together with any other tax or assessment which the said purchaser 
may have paid, chargeable on said land, and which he is hereby au- 
thorized to do, provided a notice thereof has been filed in the office 
of such collector, with fifteen per cent, per annum in addition thereto, 
and the certificate of such collector, stating the payment, and show- 
ing what land such payment is intended to redeem, shall be evidence 
of such redemption. The mortgagee shall have power to redeem at 
any time until after the expiration of the six months specified in the 
twenty-seventh section of this title. 

§ 30. Upon the receipt of such moneys by such collector, he shall 
cause the same to be refunded to the purchaser, his legal representa- 
tives or assigns, and all proceeding in relation to said sale shall cease ; 
but if said moneys shall not be paid according to the exigency of said 
notice, such collector shall proceed to execute a conveyance of the 
property so sold, as hereinafter provided. 

§ 81. Whenever such collector shall receive satisfactory informa- 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 51 



Title v.— Section 32. 



tion that the land so sold belongs to an idiot or insane person, for whose 
estate no^ committee shall have been appointed, or to an infant having 
no guardian, he shall not execute a conveyance of their lands until 
at least one month after he shall have legal evidence that such disa- 
bility has been removed, or a committee or guardian of their estate 
has been appointed. And until the expiration of said month such 
committee or guardian may redeem such land, in the manner herein- 
before provided. 

§ 32. The said collectors shall note all payments made to them 
after any account of unpaid taxes or assessments shall be sent back to 
them by the county treasurer or comptroller, as aforesaid, and if a 
sale be had they shall also note that fact on the original tax or as- 
sessment roll, or copy thereof, in his office, and the memorandum of 
payment on any tax or assessment roll, or copy thereof in the office 
of such collector, shall be sufficient evidence of such payment. They 
shall dso forthwith, upon receiving the same, render to the treasurer of 
the city an account of the proceeds of any sale for unpaid assessments, 
and of any money received or collected by them that may be paid to 
such treasurer, and at the same time pay over the said moneys re- 
ceived by them ; and said collectors shall also render to the treasurer 
of the county an account of the proceeds of any sale for unpaid taxes, 
and of any moneys received or collected by them that may be paid 
to such treasurer, and at the same time pay over said moneys received 
by them. 

§ 33. The collector of the district where the land sold for any tax 
or assessment shall not have been redeemed, as by this act provided, 
shall execute to the purchaser or his assigns, pursuant to the terms of 
sale, a proper conveyance of the lands so sold by him, which shall 
contain a brief statement of the proceedings had for the sale of said 
lands, and shall be evidence that such sale and other proceedings 
were regularly made and had according to the provisions of this act. 
He shall also forthwith note the same on the assessment rolls and 
abstract kept in his office. The grantee shall be entitled as against 
all persons whomsoever to the possession of said premises, and to 
the rents, issues and profits thereof, pursuant to the terms of his con- 
veyance, and shall be entitled to obtain possession of his lands by 
summary proceedings, in the same manner as is provided by law for 
the removal of persons who hold over or continue in possession of real 
estate sold by vh-tue of an execution against them. 

TITLE YI. 

OF THE DAY AND NIGHT POLICE DEPAETMENT. 

Bec. 1. — Departraent, what to consist of. 

2. — Chief, elected triennially; on salary. 

3.— Powers and duties of cliief. 

4. — Clerk to chief; on compensation to. 

5 and 6.— Captains elected biennially; on salaries; duties. 

7.— Powers of captains ; on complaints and arresta. 



52 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title VI.— Section 1. 

8. — Captains to report violations of laws and ordinances. 

9. — Policemen ; tlioir nomination and appointment. 

Lamp-liprhters; their nomination and appointment 
10. — Police districts, officers, and station bouses. 
11. — Ward policemen. 
12 and 13. — Duties of policemen. 
14. —On suspension of policemen ; proceedings. 
15. — On pay of policemen. 
16. — Police exempt from military duty. 
17. — On detailing policemen for special duties. 
18. — Fees to police prohibited. 

19. — Fees for police services to coimty to be paid into city treasury. 
20. — On arrests for violations of ordinances, &c. 
21. — Assistant captains of police ; powers. 

Section 1. The department of police shall consist of one chief, one 
captain for each police district, and such number of policemen under 
each captain as the common council may from time to time designate. 

§ 2. The chief shall he elected by the city every three years. He 
shall have an office in the city hall, where he shall he in attendance 
at such hours as shall be fixed by the common council, and shall 
receive a salary to be fixed by said common council. 

§ 3. He shall have power within the county of Kings to issue pro- 
cess, directed to some other proper officer, for the apprehension of 
persons charged with any offence, and to exercise all the powers and 
duties conferred upon aldermen and justices of the peace in and by 
title second, chapter second, part fourth of the revised statutes of the 
state of New York ; and in all such cases he shall proceed in the 
same manner and be governed by all laws relative to justices of the 
peace, in like cases. He shall be chief of the police department, and 
the medium of correspondence with the police authorities of other 
cities and towns. He shall receive the reports from the several 
captains of the districts of the city, keep all proper books, registers 
and records in his office, under the direction of the common council ; 
report to the corporation attorney all violations of city ordinances 
that come to his knowledge; and shall obey and cause the police 
department to obey the rules and regulations prescribed by the ordi- 
nances of the common council. He shall repair to the scenes of fire 
and riot, and take command of the police there present; may at any 
time direct all or any of the police of the city to any place where 
their services may be deemed necessary, and shall perform all such 
other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the ordinances 
of the common council ; but nothing herein contained shall be taken 
to abridge the power of the mayor as the chief executive officer of the 
city. 

§ 4. The common council may, if they deem it necessary, provide 
for the allowance of a clerk to the chief, and shall fix his compen- 
sation. Such clerk shall be appointed and removed at pleasure by the 
chief. 

§ 5. The captains of the police districts shall be elected every two 
years, and shall receive a stated salary, to be fixed by the common 
council ; each of the captains shall keep an office at the office of the 
police district within which his ward shall be situated, and shall 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 53 

Title VI.— Section 6. 



keep aU such books, registers <ind records as may be necessary for the 
Sr P'^''^''™^'^''^^ ^^^^^^ ^'^''^^ ^^ as the common council may pre- 

wi •^i.^V^T-TifP^f'^ of police shaU perform, within the district for 
which he shall be elected (aided and assisted by the policemen of the 
ward or wards), such duties in relation to the inspection of wells and 
pumps of lamps of public cisterns, of pavements and side-walks (so 
tar as to report the actual condition of the pavements and side-walks 
to the proper authority), and hacks, cabs, carts and sleds as the com- 
mon council shall direct, together with such other duties as marshals, 
Health and fire wardens, keepers of pubho lands and places, as said 
common council shall prescribe. 

§ 7. Each of said captains may entertain complaints in all cases 
where crimes or offences have been committed, may issue a precept 
to arrest any person charged with having committed a crime or offence 
(such process to be executed by some other proper officer), and may 
detain the person so arrested for examination; such examination to 
be made by the chief of pohce, or by some person authorized by law 
to take the same. *^ 

§8. He shall duly report to the chief of police all crimes which 
may have been committed, and all arrests for crimes or breaches of 
the peace that may have been made within his district; he shall re- 
port all violations of the corporation ordinances within his district to 
the corporation attorney, with the names of witnesses, and shall also 
pertorm such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by 
the ordinances of the common council. 

§ 9. The aldermen of each ward shall nominate, and by and with 
the consent of the mayor appoint, so many policemen as may be de- 
signated or apportioned to their ward. The aldermen shaU also ap- 
point, and m conjunction with the mayor may remove at pleasure so 
many larap-hghters as may in like manner be designated for their re- 
spective wards. 

,. .V?". ^^^ ^^^ purposes of the police department, the city shall be 
divided in so many districts as the common council may from time to 
time designate. There shall be erected or procured in each pohce dis- 
trict a suitable building, to be called the district pohce office, in which 
shall be contained suitable offices for the accommodation of the cap- 
tains and police department. Such police office shall also be the 
station house for the night police of the same district. 

§ 11. The common council shall, by ordinance, fix and apportion 
trom time to time a certain number of policemen for each ward, who 
shall possess aU the powers, and under the direction of the captains of 
the district shall perform all the duties specified in the sixth section 
ot this title, together with all other duties and services which may be 
prescribed by the ordinances of the common council. 

§ 12. It shall be the duty of the pohcemeu to obey such orders as 
they may from time to time receive from the chief of police and the 
captains of their districts regarding their duty ; to report to the cap- 
tains ol the district all violation of the corporation ordinances, with 



54 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title VI.— Section 13. 



the names and residences of witnesses; to preserve the P^^^l^^Pf ^^' 
to be vigihint for the prevention and discovery of crime, and the de- 
tection Sf criminals ; to report to the captams of their respective dis- 
t?icts all crimes or offences committed in the city ; to arrest all per- 
sons in the actual commission of crimes, misdemeanors, breaches of , 
the peace or violations of corporation ordinances ;^ to execute ail 
criminal process issued by the chief of police or captains, or by an m- 
fe ior cou^rt of criminal jurisdiction, which is now or may hereafter be 
estabhshed by the legislature for the city of Brooklyn or that may be 
issued by any other officer authorized to issue criminal process ; to re- 
port to the captains of their respective districts all suspicious persons, 
houses of ill fame, receiving shops, pawn brokers shops gaming 
houses, and all places where idlers, tipplers, gamblers and other dis- 
orderly and suspicious persons congregate, and perform such other 
duties from time to time as the common council may direct 

S 13. At any alarm of fire, it shall also be the duty of the police- 
men forthwith to proceed to the scene of conflagration, and to be dih- 
gent in preserving order and protecting property; and m case ot any 
riot or pubhc disturbance, requiring the services of the police, they 
shall forthwith proceed to the scene of riot, and, under the direction 
of the mayor, chief of police and captains, or either of them, aid in 
suppressing the same. • ^-u •^„. 

I 14 The chief of police may suspend any policemen in the city, 
in all such cases he shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, notity 
the mayor and the aldermen of the ward to which said policeman may 
belong thereof, in writing, specifying the grounds for such suspension, 
and the names of the witnesses to establish the charge. In every case 
the mayor shaH cause written notice to be given to the accused, to 
afford him an opportunity to be heard in his defence. The mayor and 
at least one of said aldermen shall examine witnesses under oath upon 
the charges and for the defence, and may for cause continue the sus- 
pension, remove the party from office, or restore him to duty, ihe 
mayor shall have power to issue subpoenas to require the attendance 
of witnesses on the trial of such cases, and disobedience of such 
subpoenas shall render the parties liable to the penalties provided by 
law in courts of record. The testimony shall be reduced to writing, 
and, together with the decision of the mayor and the said aldermen 
thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the city. 

§ 15. The police shall receive a per diem compensation for each 
day they shall be employed on duty, which compensation shall Irom 
time to time be regulated and fixed by the common council. 

§ 16. No person connected with the police department shaU be 
liable to military duty. . ^ . m 

§ 17. The mayor or chief of pohce shall, from time to time, detail 
such policemen as he may deem proper, to act as messengers of the 
mayor and of the common council, to attend the meetings of that 
body, and to attend and preserve order in all courts and public as- 
Bemblies in the city. Each captain shall detail a sufficient number 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 55 

Title VI.— Section 18. 

of policemen within his district to attend the polls on the days of 
election. 

§ 18. ISTo fees or compensation .shall be charged or received by any 
chief of police, captain, policeman, clerk or other officer connected 
■with the police department for any services performed by them as 
such officers, other than their stated compensation, except in special 
cases, with the approbation of the mayor. Any officer violating this 
provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sub- 
ject to the fines and penalties provided for such offence. 

§ 19. All fees and costs heretofore paid by the supervisors of the 
county of Kings, for services rendered for said county by any justice 
of the peace or police justice, or by the constables or marshals of the 
city, shall, when similar services are rendered by any officer of the 
police department, be collected and paid into the city treasury in such 
manner as the common council shall by ordinance prescribe. 

§ 20. Any person arrested in pursuance of this act for the violation 
of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of the common council, or of 
the board of health, may be taken before the police justice or either 
of the justices elected by virtue of " an act to establish courts of civil 
and criminal jurisdiction in the city of Brooklyn," passed March 
twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, who shall 
thereupon have authority to impose upon such person a fine, not ex- 
ceeding the penalty prescribed by the ordinance which such person 
shall be proved to have violated, and to commit such person to the 
county jail of Kings county for a period not exceeding thirty days, or 
until such fine shall be paid. 

§ 21. The common council shall have power to designate one or 
more policemen, in each of the police districts established by law, as 
assistant captains, who shall have all the powers of the captain of 
such districts whenever such captain is disabled, absent or not on 
duty, and whose term of office shall continue and expire at the same 
time with the term for which the respective police captains were 
elected. 

TITLE VII. 

OF THE FIEE DEPAETMEXT. 

Sec. 1. — District organizations ; western and eastern departments. 
On attendance at fires ; general alarm. 
2. — Mayor and Aldermen are fire wardens. 
3. — Fire engines and apparatus. 

4,— Rules and regulations, ordained by common council. 
Penalties and fines not to exceed one hundred dollars. 
On suspension, expulsion, and disbandment. 
5. — Firemen oxeiiipt from military and jury duty. 

On regi>tratii)n of firemen. 
6. — Fines'atid forfeitures to be applied to fire department fund. 
7. — Firemen injured in peiformance of duty ; privileges. 
8. — Guni)o\vder atid combustible articles. 
9. — Destruction of buildings to arrest fires. 
10. — Fire limits. 
11. — Former fire limits. 
12. On enlargement of limits. 



56 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title VII.— Section 1. 

13. — Petition to enlarge, notice of. 

14. — Buildin<rs of wood in limits, may "he repaired. 

15. — Penalty for violation of fire limit ordinance. 

Buildings unlawfully erected may be removed. 
16. — Damages from destroying buildings to arrest fires, may be recovered against 

city. 
17. — Fines to be sued for by fire departments. 
18. — Board of fire wardens ; nomination and appointment ; salaries. 

Engineers of fire department ineligible to ofiice of fire wardens. 

Section 1. The fire department of the city shall be divided into two 
separate and distinct organizations, viz : one for the eastern district 
and one for the western district. Each organization shall consist of 
one chief engineer, and as many assistant engineers, firemen, hose- 
men, axemen, and hook and ladder men, as shall from time to time 
be elected by the firemen of each district, and approved by the com- 
mon council ; but the present members of the fire department shall 
continue to be such, without any new appointment under this act. 
The powers of the chief engineer and assistant engineers shall be 
confined to their respective districts. The fire department of the 
present city of Brooklyn, as at present constituted, shall, with its ad- 
ditions, form the organization for the western district ; and the fire 
department of the city of Williamsburgh, as at present constituted, 
shall, with its additions, form the organization for the eastern district. 
Except in cases of " general alarm," the companies may not attend 
fires out of the district in which they are located ; in all cases, how- 
ever, all companies attending a fire shall be under the control of the 
engineers in whose district the fire may be. The firemen of both 
districts shall be under the control of the common council ; and all the 
fire engines and other fire apparatus now belonging to the difierent 
municipalities hereby consolidated, shall be owned by the city. 

§ 2. The mayor and the members of the common council shall be 
fire wardens, and they, together with such other fire wardens as the 
common council may appoint, in the manner now or hereafter pre- 
scribed by law, shall possess such powers and perform such duties as 
the said common council may from time to time prescribe. 

§ 3. The common council shall procure fire engines and other appa- 
ratus used for the extinguishment of fire, and provide suitable engine 
houses and other places for keeping the same, and have the charge 
and control thereof. They shall have the power to organize fire, hook 
and ladder, hose, bucket and axe companies, and to re-organize the 
present fire department, if they think proper. 

§ 4. It shall be the duty of the common council to make rules and 
regulations for the government of the oflicers and men attached to the 
said department, and to impose such penalties and fines for a violation 
thereof, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as the said common coun- 
cil may deem proper ; and for incapacity, neglect of duty, or gross 
misconduct, the said common council may disband any of said com- 
panies, suspend or expel individual members thereof, in the manner 
and with the restrictions hereinbefore provided for the removal of 
officers of the city government. 

§ 5. Every member of said department shall be entitled to the 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 57 



Titl.e VII.— Section 6. 



same privileges and exemptions from military or jury service as thev 

Zlf o7r''' '^•'" ^l ^T: I^'''' ^^°^^« '^'^^^ '^e registered by thi 
clerk ot the city m a book to be provided for that purpose, and a cer- 
tificate from said clerk, under the corporate seal of the city, of the 
appointment of any person as a fireman, and of the time thereof, 
countersigned by tie foreman of the company to which such a person 
may belong, shall be competent evidence to show that such a person 
servingirsuch'' ^^ ^^^ ^'"^^ ""^ '""'^ countersigning was actually 

^J..%t^} ^^^'/\"4 forfeitures accruing within the said districts, 
tmdei the laws of this state or the ordinances of the city relative to 
the extinguishment of or proceedings at fires, shall be applied to the 
fire department fund of said district, for the benefit of indigent and 
disabled firemen, and the families of deceased firemen. ^ 

I 7. Any member of the fire department who shall, while in the 
performance of his duty, be maimed or injured so as to be rendered 
ttmllf TJ^K'"" perform the duties of a fireman, shall receive a 
cei tificate of discharge, which shall entitle him to all the privileges of 

Htv if T^P^v^T^Ti^^^^'" law regulating discharged firemen in the 
city of ^ew York The common council shall provide by ordinance 

^J ^' ^^^ f "^n^on council shall pass such ordinances as it may 
rlTJ?^^'' ^' f.tf ^^<^^"g t^e storage of gunpowder and other arti- 
cles of a combustible nature, and fix the penalty for any violation of 
fhp Wfif /.r"^^^'"' ^^^o^ered under such ordinances shall be for 
the benefit of the fire department fund of the district in which the 

recdveTe'sr;' "^"^ ^' ^''^ """' '" '^' '^'''' authorized to 
§ 9. When a building shall be on fire in said city, the mayor with 
the ad;^ of f"' ''f.( '"^^'"^^^ ^^ '^^ ^^^^^^^^' «^ - his absefce'urder 
S two melr nf '' '''''''°' '""^^''''^ "°^ ^^^h '^' concurrence 
mavr tWnf .1^^'^ '^^°'^^'' ^?^'^'^' «^ i^ *h^ absence of the 
ff, { k' -i^- *h^ common council, with the like advice, may order 

Stoved ?f tl^l 't'r' l"\^'^f '' ^^ P^"^^ ^^-^ -^ <^"'e 
bdldi^ng ' ^ ^'"^ '^ ^'^^^^^ *^ ^^^^^^ th^ fi^^ to another 

§ 1^: The common council may from time to time, by ordinance 
designate hmits in said city of such extent, metes and bounds as they 
SftTon IfT} ^^thin which all buildings, to be erected after the 
nSce hall be ^^-U nf t'^'Y "^'f^'' ^^'"^^ '^e passage of such ordi- 
3 ?; cni ^ ^"? °'' '^''^^' °^ materials other than wood, 

and m such manner as they may determine and specify in such 
ordinance. Said ordinance shall be published in the corporation 
morths'aTer'Vr' ^"^1^,^^^ for the space of three cSa? 
Ske effecf as law. ""' ^'^ ''"' '^^" P^^^^^' ^^^ before it shaU 
§ 11. Any sucii limits heretofore designated by the said common 



58 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title VII.— Section 12. 

council sliall remain and continue with the same effect, and the same 
provisions shall apply thereto, as if established in exact conformity 
with the provisions of " An act to amend the act to incorporate the 
city of Brooklyn," passed April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and 
thirty-five, and as if the ordinances heretofore passed in relation 
thereto had been duly passed, approved and published, and the said 
limits shall continue, and the provisions of law now appHcable, or 
which may be applied as aforesaid thereto, shall remain in full force, 
except as the same may be modified by this act or the ordinances 
passed in pursuance thereof. 

§ 12. Any such limits, heretofore designated or hereafter to be des- 
ignated, may be enlarged from time to time by the common council, as 
the public good may be deemed to require, upon the written petition 
of any owner of property within the territory proposed to be included 
in said limits, provided that such enlargement is not remonstrated 
against by a greater number of owners in the said territory than peti- 
tion therefor, after the notice of such application shall have been pub- 
lished, as hereinafter required ; and all provisions of law inconsistent 
herewith are repealed. 

§ 13. If any such application shall be presented to the common coun- 
cil, they shall cause notice thereof to be published in all the newspapers 
employed by them at least once a week for six w.eeks successively, and 
that they will proceed to act upon such petition on a day therein to be 
specified, wliicti shall be after the expiration of the said six weeks, and 
they shall publish with such notice, as a part thereof, a description of 
the territory proposed to be so designated, or which it is proposed to 
include within any such limit. 

§ 14. Any building erected in any such district previous to the des- 
ignation or enlargement thereof, and covered with boards or shingles, 
may be repaired or new roofed with boards or shingles ; and all steeples, 
cupolas, and spires of churches and other public buildings, and all privies 
not exceeding ten feet square, and lime houses the height of which 
shall not exceed ten feet exclusive of the roof, may be built of wood 
and boards, and covered with boards or shingles. 

§ 15. If any building shall be erected or roofed contrary to this act, 
or to the provisions of any such ordinance, the owner or owners there- 
of shall for every such ofiense forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred 
and fifty dollars, to be recovered, with cost of suit, in any court of 
record within this state, by the city, for the use of the fire department 
of the district ; and every such building erected or roofed contrary to 
this act, or to the provisions of such ordinance, shall be deemed a 
common nuisance, and the owner or occupant thereof may be indicted 
therefor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, 
as the court having cognizance thereof may deem proper, and such 
court shall also order and cause such nuisance to be abated or re- 
moved. 

§ 16. Any person who shall be or shall have been injured or dam- 
aged by reason of the pulling down or destruction of any building in 
said city, for the purpose of preventing the spreading of fire, pursuant 



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Title VII.— Section 17. 



to authority granted by section fifty-seven of an act to incorporate the 
city of Brooklyn, passed April 8, 1834, and section nine of title seven 
ot the act hereby amended, may institute against the said city an 
action to recover compensation for such injury or damages ; and in 
case ot a final judgment being recovered in such action against the 
city, the amount so recovered, with interest and all the costs and ex- 
penses of the city in the defence of such suit, shall be added to and col- 
lected with the amount to be raised by the general tax in said city 
In any such suit, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall recover for only such 
damage or injury as he or they shall be proved to have sustained 
beyond what apparently would have been sustained from the fire to 
prevent the spread of which such building was so destroyed or dam- 
aged. And no execution shall issue upon any such I'udgment but the 
amount thereof shall be paid by the city of Brooklyn, out of the 
amount added to and included in the next general tax, as herein pro- 
vided, when collected. 

§. 17 The fines and penalties prescribed by this title, and by any 
ordinance passed or which may be passed by the said common coun- 
cil for establishing fire districts, or the prevention of fires, or for regu- 
lating the storage of gunpowder and other articles of a combustible na- 
ture, shall be sued for and recovered by the fire departments of the city. 

§ 18. The board of officers of the fire department of the city of 
Brooklyn may, at its first meeting after this act shall take effect 
nominate, for the office of fire wardens, five firemen or exempt firemen 
who shall have served at least seven years in the fire department of 
said city, and if such persons be approved by the common council, 
they shall be appointed and shall be known as the board of fire war- 
dens. The said wardens shall perform such duties and receive such 
annual compensation as the common council may from time to time 
prescribe, not exceeding three hundred dollars for each. The chief 
and assistant engineers of said department for the time being shall be 
ineligible to the office of fire warden. 

TITLE VIII. 

OF COMMISSIONEES OF EXCISE. 

Sec. 1.— One commissioner from each ward, to constitute the board of excise. 
2. — Classification of commissioners first elected. 
8.— Term of office of each class. 

4— Penalty for refusing to serve, not to exceed fifty dollars. 
5.— Meeting and organization of board; clerk. 
6. — Board of excise ; quorum. 

Licenses ; to whom ; conditions ; fees. 
7. — Licenses ; signing and delivering. 

Clerk to pay over license fees to county treasurer. 
8. — Pay of commissioners of excise. 
9. — Bond to be given by licensees. 

Section 1. There shall be elected in each ward of the city, at the 
first election of city officers under this act, one commissioner of excise ; 
and there shall be elected every year thereafter, at the annual election 



60 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title VIII.— Section 2. 

of city officers, such commissioner in those wards respectively where 
the term of office as hereinafter fixed shall expire, and in those only. 
The several commissioners, so elected, shall together constitute a board 
of excise. 

§ 2. The commissioners of excise first elected shall, at the first 
meeting of the common council thereafter, be divided by the mayor 
into two classes, as nearly as may be, in the manner hereinbefore pro- 
vided for dividing the board of aldermen into two classes. 

§ 3. The first of said classes shall hold office for one year, and the 
second for two years ; but after the first year the term of office of the 
said commissioners of excise shall be two years. 

§ 4. The common council shall, by ordinance, fix the penalty which 
shall be paid by every person so elected who shall neglect or refuse to 
qualify and serve as a commissioner of excise, and shall enforce the 
collection of the same in the manner herein provided for collecting 
other penalties for the violation of city ordinances, but the penalty so 
to be fixed by the said common council shall not exceed fifty dollars. 

§ 5. The commissioners of excise shall meet on the second Tuesday 
of May in each year, at tlie city hall, and shall elect one of their num- 
ber president, and may adjourn from time to time as they may think 
pro|)er, for the transaction of business. The city clerk shall be the 
clerk of the board of excise, and shall keep the book of minutes re- 
quired by law, which book shall at all times be open for inspection in 
the office of the said city clerk. 

§ 6. The majority of said commissioners shall be competent to exe- 
cute the powers vested in said board. They shall grant licenses to 
tavern keepers and grocers, who are residents of the city of Brooklyn, 
to sell wines and liquors in the cases and in the manner, but with the 
qualifications and restrictions, authorized by law, and may revoke the 
same at pleasure. They shall also fix the sum to be paid for licenses, 
which shall not be less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. The ayes 
and noes on granting such licenses shall be recorded on the minutes. 

§ 7. Such licenses shall be signed by the president and clerk. They 
shall not be delivered until the sums to be paid therefor and the fees 
accruing thereon are paid to said clerk, and the bond required by law 
is duly executed and approved by the board of excise, and when issued 
shall be in full force, unless revoked, until the second Tuesday of May 
in the following year. Immediately upon the receipt of such sums 
and fees by said clerk, he shall pay them over to the county treasurer, 
and render an account thereof to the comptroller. 

§ 8. The commissioners of excise shall be entitled to receive two 
dollars a day for their services in lieu of all fees and perquisites what- 
ever, but the pay of no member shall exceed ten dollars in any one 
year, which, together with the necessary expenses of blank forms of 
license and advertising, shall be paid by the county treasurer, on the 
certificate of the city clerk. 

§ 9. The bonds to be taken on granting licenses shall be similar to 
those prescribed in like cases in the ninth title of the twentieth chap- 



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Title IX.— Section 1. 



ter of the first part of the revised statutes, and shall be disposed of 
and prosecuted in the same manner therein directed. 

TITLE IX. 

OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 

Sec. 1.— Board of health ; president and clerk. 

2.— Meetings of board ; president to lay matters for action before. 
Special meetings of board, bow called. 
Power of board. 
3. — Attendance at office, time of. 
4. — A pproacli of vessels. 

5 —Physicians to report to board certain diseases. 
6. — Boarding and lodging house keepers to report. 
T.— Sick persons not to be removed without permit. 
8.— Hospitals, board to have control of. 
Board have power. 
Subdiy. 1.— To prohibit and regulate intercourse with city. 

2- — To remove vessels from certain proximity to" city, 
3.— To remove certain sick persons to hospitals or elsewhere. 
4.— To destroy infected or putrid articles. 
9. — Penalty for violations of rules. 
10. — Health officer's duties. 
11.— Common council may borrow money to pay extraordinary expenses. 

Section 1. The aldermen of said city, or such number of their 
body as the common council shall designate, shall constitute a board 
of health, and the mayor, or in his absence or inability to act, the 
president of the board of aldermen shall be president thereof. The 
city clerk shall be clerk of the said board, and shall keep a journal of 
its proceedings. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the mayor or the president of the board 
of aldermen, at all meetings of said board, when he shall be informed 
of any matter requiring the action of the board of health, to lay such 
matter before them, and they shall thereupon proceed to consider 
and act upon the same. The said board may also be convened at 
any time by notice from the clerk, under the direction of the presi- 
dent or any two of the members, for the transaction of business ; and 
the said board of health shall have, possess and exercise the same 
power and authority in said city as the board of health in the city of 
New York. 

§ 3. The board shall designate a place to be called the " office of 
the board of health," at which the president or one or more of the 
members shall attend daily (Sunday excepted), from the first day of 
June to the first day of October, in each year, and they may so at- 
tend on Sunday if necessary ; and the person or persons so attending 
shall enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose, all matters which 
shall come before or be transacted by them as president or members 
of the board of health. 

§ 4. No vessel subject to the examination of the health officer of 
the port of New York shall approach to the city of Brooklyn beyond 
the place which shall, at the time of such approach, be assigned for 
quarantine, without a permit from him, countersigned by the presi- 
dent of the said board of health. 



52 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title TX.— Section 5. 



§ 5. Every person prcactising physic in the said city, who shall have 
a patient sick of any malignant, infectious or contagious disease shall 
make and file a written certificate thereof in the office of the hoard 
of health, stating the name of such patient, and the house and place 
where he shall then be, and the board of health may requu'e any such 
physician to make and file in said oflfice, within such tmie as they 
may prescribe, not less than three hours after service of a copy thereot 
upon him, an aflfidavit, stating therein whether he has or has not any 
patient, who, in his opinion, shaU then be sick of any such disease, 
and if he has any such patient, to state in such affidavit his or her 
name, and the house or place in said city where he or she shall then 
be, and the nature or name of such disease, to the best of his know- 
ledge and belief. 

§ 6 The common council may, by ordinance, require every person 
keeping a boarding or lodging house in said city, within six hours 
after any seafaring man or sojourner shall be sick m such house, to 
file in the office of the mayor of said city a certificate thereof, signed 
by him or her, stating the location of such house and the name ot-such 
diseased person. 

§ 7. No person shall remove any sick person from any vessel or 
from any other place in said citv without written permit for that pur- 
pose, granted by the president or one of the members of the board ot 
health of said city. ,i , . i 

§ 8 The board of health of said city shall have the charge, control 
and management of all lands, buildings and premises thereon, which 
may be purchased, owned, leased or hired by the common council tor 
the purpose of a hospital or hospitals, and for the purpose of preserv- 
ing the health of the inhabitants of said city. It shall possess and 
may exercise the following powers : -, . ^ v 

1 By proclamation to prohibit or regulate the intercourse by 
land and ferries, or otherwise, between this city and any place or 
places where they may be informed that any infectious or contagious 
disease shall prevail. . 

2. By resolution to direct any vessel lying at a place within three 
hundred yards of any wharf, landing place or shore of said city, and 
from which they shall deem it probable that any infectious or conta- 
gious disease may be brought into said city or communicated to the 
inhabitants thereof, to be removed to the distance of at least thi-e© 
hundred yards from any wharf, landing place or shore ot said city, 
within six hours after a copy of such resolution, certified by the city 
clerk, shall be delivered to the person or persons having the command 
of such vessel, or to the master, owner or consignee thereot; and 
every such person or persons, master, owner or consignee to whom 
such copy of such resolution shall be delivered, shall forthwith comply 

with the same. ^ . , •. ^ e 'a 

3 By resolution to direct to be removed to the hospital ot said 
city, or other place to be designated by them, all persons sick of a 
malignant, iutectious or contagious disease, and all things within tne 
city, which, in their opinion, shall be infected with any matter likely 



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Title IX.— Section 9. 



to communicate disease to the inhabitants, and to cause such resolu- 
tion to be carried into effect. 

4. By resohition to direct any bedding, clothing, putrid or unsound 
beef, pork, fish, hides or skins of any kind, or any other articles found 
within said city, and which, in its opinion, shall *be dangerous to the 
health of the inhabitants thereof, to be destroyed by casting the same 
into the East river, below low water mark, at a suitable distance 
from the shore, or in such other manner as it may direct, and it may 
employ such person or persons as it may deem proper to remove or 
destroy such articles ; and every person who shall in any manner re- 
sist or hinder any person so employed, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 

§ 9. Every person who shall violate, or neglect, or refuse to com- 
ply with any provision contained in this title, or in the proclamation 
or resolution made or passed by the board of health in pursuance 
thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred and 
fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both ; and 
all such fines when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of said city 
for the use of the said board of health. 

§ 10. The health officer of said city shall visit all sick persons who 
shall be reported to the board of health in pursuance of this title, and 
report to the board of health in writing, his opinion of their sickness ; 
and he shall attend at said office at such times as the board shall di- 
rect, for the purpose of conferring with the president or other mem- 
bers of the board in relation to the health of said city. He shall visit 
and inspect all vessels coming to the wharves, landing places or shores 
of said city, or within three hundred yards thereof, which are sus- 
pected of having on board any infectious or contagious disease, or 
likely to communicate the disease to the inhabitants of said city, and 
all stores and places within said city which are suspected to contain 
putrid or unsound provisions, or other articles likely to communicate 
disease to the inhabitants, and make and sign a report in Avriting, 
stating the vessel, stores, places and articles so inspected by him, and 
the nature, state and situation thereof, and his opinion, in relation 
thereto, as to the probability of disease being communicated by or 
from the same, and file such report in the oflTice of the board of 
health. He shall also discharge such other duties as shall from time 
to time be prescribed to him by the board of health. 

§ 11. The common council are hereby authorized to procure on 
loan on the credit and faith of the city, from time to time, such sum 
or sums of money as a majority of the aldermen elected may deem 
necessary to pay losses or expenses, not provided for in this act, 
which may arise from any accident by flood, fire or otherwise, or to 
pay any expenses necessarily incurred in the protection and preserva- 
tion of the health of said city and its inhabitants, in case of any pre- 
vailing epidemic disease or sickness, provided that the sums of money 
80 to be procured shall in the first case be declared to be necessary 
and proper by a certificate to be signed by the mayor, county judge, 



64 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title X.— Section 1. 

and street commissioner, and in the latter case by a certificate to be 
signed by the mayor, health officer of said city and the presiding 
officer of tlie Kings county medical society, which certificates shall 
be presented to the common council before they shall take any action, 
in the matter, and the money so obtained shall be applied only to the 
specific use and purpose for which it shall be so borrowed. The 
amount so raised and borrowed shall be levied, assessed and collected 
in the next annual tax in the same manner as the other expenses of 
said city. 

TITLE X. 

OF THE FINANCIAL DEPAETMENT. 

Sec. 1. — Accoiints and finances, nnder comptroller's direction. 
2. — Olassiflcation of accounts. 
3. — General, special, and sinking funds. 
4. — Debts of Brooklyn and W iliiamsburgh to be paid. 

Surplus debts of each, how paid. 
5. — Brooklyn debts, provision for. 
6. — Sinking fund of Brooklyn. 

Commissioners of Brooklyn sinking fund. 
7. — Investment of sinking fund moneys. 
Deposit of sinking fund moneys. 
Anticipating redemption of loans. 
8. — Report of commissioners of sinking fund, semi-annual. 
9. — Permanent loans ; approval of electors. 
10. — Loan proposition, manner of, 
11. — Confirmation of loan. 

Loan bonds, when to issue. 
Liquidation of loan ; sinking fund, how raised. 
12. — Temporary loans to anticipate tax collections. 
13. — Certificates of indebtedness to contractors. 
Interest on certificates to contractors. 
Certificates not to exceed certain proportion to work done. 
14. — Moneys borrowed applied only to specific purposes, surplus excepted. 

Restrictions on common council borrowing money and making contracts. 
Moneys borrowed, with interest, to be paid out of money raised by tax same 
year. 
15. — Property and debts of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, and Bush wick, prior to 1855. 
Wai'ds added to fire districts to contribute to fire department property, pro-rata. 
16. — Auditor and comptroller to examine accounts of officers of city, annually. 
Duties of auditor and comptroller, defined by common council. 

Section 1. The accounts of the city and management of its finances 
shall be under the direction of the comptroller of said city, subject to 
the provisions of this act and to the ordinances of the common council. 

§ 2. The said accounts shall be distributed in three distinct classes : 
the first of said classes shall embrace all such expenditures as are to 
be made out of money raised by general tax, and shall be called the 
general fund ; the second, such as are to be made out of money raised 
by a special or local tax or assessment, and shall be called the special 
fund; and the third class shall consist of accounts of the sinking fund. 
And no money raised for the use of one of said funds shall be at any 
time used for the purposes of either of the other of said funds. 

§ 3. The accounts of the general fund shall always exhibit the re- 
ceipts and expenditures of each department of the city government, 
and no receipt of expenditure of money shall at any time be charged 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. Q^ 



Title X.— Section 4. 



or credited to any other than its appropriate account. The accounts 
of the special fiicd, in addition to the general account of said fund, 
shall at all times exhibit the amounts received and paid under each 
item composing said fund, with the amounts received and paid for 
interest on each. The sinking fund account shall exhibit the amounts 
received into said fund, specifying from what sources they have been 
received, together with the amount and description of securities be- 
longing to said fund. 

§ 4. The faith of the said city and the property now belonging to 
the present cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh, respectively, are 
pledged for the final payment of all moneys heretofore borrowed or 
raised by said cities respectively under or by virtue of any law of this 
state ; and until said several sums of money shall be fully paid, there 
shall be levied and collected, by a general tax on that part of the city 
embraced in the present city of Brooklyn, in the same manner as other 
taxes for said city at large, the sura of seven thousand eight hundred 
dollars in each of the next six years, and thereafter annually the sum 
of six thousand dollars, until the surplus of the debt on its property as 
hereafter mentioned shall be provided for, and then upon the whole 
city. There shall be levied and collected in the same manner, on that 
part of the city embraced in the present city of Williamsburgh, a 
suflBcient sum to pay off an amount of its debt equal to its surplus as 
hereinafter mentioned, and the residue of the debt shall 15fe levied and 
collected upon the whole city. 

§ 5. The several sums of money in the present city of Brooklyn so 
to be raised, together with all the interest accruing from its invest- 
mentj and all moneys now raised for a similar purpose, shall be and 
remain pledged and applied to redemption of loans procured by said 
present city of Brooklyn ; nor shall any other investment or use be 
made of such moneys or securities, except as herein provided, and 
any other appropriation thereof shall be deemed a misdemeanor and 
punishable accordingly. 

§ 6. The fund thus designated, together with all former and subse- 
quent accumulations, shall be called the " sinking fund of the city of 
Brooklyn," and shall be managed by the mayor, treasurer and comp- 
troller of said city, as ex-oflBcio commissioners of said fund, a majority 
of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

§ 7. The said commissioners shall from time to time invest the 
money of said fund in any stocks for the payment of which the faith 
of this state or the United States is or shall be pledged ; or in any of 
the bonds or securities issued by said city or the county of Kings ; and 
to deposit said moneys with any safe moneyed corporation in this 
state, and make such contract with such institution for the duration 
of such deposits and the interest thereon as they shall consider for the 
best interest of such fund ; and may also, at such times and upon such 
terms as they may deem advisable, pay any part of the moneys bor- 
rowed or raised as aforesaid before the time limited for the payment 
thereof. 

§ 8. The said commissioners shall report to the common council 

5 



^S BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 

Title X.— Section 9. 

semi-annually, at its first meetings in January and July, a particular 
account of the condition of said fund, specifying the receipts and pay- 
ments since the last report, the amount and description of stocks held 
by them, with the interest they bear, the institutions holding deposits, 
the amount of such deposits, and the rate of interest paid thereon 
respectively, also the amount of loans purchased, if any, and the rate 
paid therefor. 

§ 9. The common council shall have power to make permanent 
loans for the use of said city, and to issue bonds therefor, payable at 
such times, in such manner and at such rates of interest as they may 
direct, if the proposition for creating such debt shall have been 
previously submitted to the electors of said city at a regular charter 
election, of which three months' previous notice shall have been pub- 
lished in the corporation newspapers, and such proposition shall have 
then received the afiirmative vote of the majority of the voters at such 
election. 

§ 10. The common council may by ordinance direct the mode and 
manner of submitting such proposition to the electors of said city. 

§ 11. In case the majority of said electors shall be in favor of creat- 
ing such loan, the common council which shall be in office next after 
such election has taken place may, by the vote of the majority of all 
the members_elected, confirm such loan ; but no bonds shall be issued 
therefor until the common council shall have made specitic provision 
for a sinking fund, to be raised by an annual tax sufficient to pay and 
discharge such bonds at maturity, and the faith and property of the 
city shall be and is liereby pledged for the final payment of any and all 
such loans. 

§ 12. The common council, after the taxes have been levied in any 
year, shall have power to make temporary loans, in anticipation of the 
collection of such taxes, such loans to be applied to the purposes for 
which such taxes may have been levied, and for no other purpose, and 
such taxes shall be inviolably applied to repay such loans. 

§ 18. The common council shall also have power, after any assess- 
ment for a local improvement has been confirmed, and a contract for 
making the same has been entered into, to issue certificates of indebt- 
edness to the contractor, payable out of such assessments when col- 
lected, and bearing interest after the expiration of one hundred and 
twenty days from the delivery of the assessment roll to the collectors; 
but no certificate shall at any time previous to the completion of the 
work exceed seventy-five per cent, in value of the work actually done, 
and they may issue a warrant for the collection of the assessment im- 
posed before the work shall have been completed. 

§ 14. Whenever the city shall by law be authorized to borrow money 
for any specific purpose, the money's so borrowed shall be applied only 
to such purpose, except the surplus thereof, if any surplus should remain 
after accomplishing such purpose ; and it shall not be lawful for the 
common council of the said city to borrow any money, or to enter into 
any contract by which they may be compelled to pay money, except 
for the purposes for which they are or may be authorized to raise 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 67 

Title X.— Section 15. 

money by tax, and then only to an amount not exceeding the sura they 
are authorized by law to raise by tax during that municipal year for 
the purposes for which such money may be borrowed or contract en- 
tered into; and it shall be the duty of the said common council to pay 
all money so borrowed, with interest accrued thereon, and to discharge 
all such contracts out of the money raised by tax during the same 
municipal year in which the money is borrowed or contract entered 
into, except as by this act provided. 

§ 15. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to state and keep an 
account, under the direction of a committee of the common council, 
composed of one from each of the present cities of Brooklyn and "Wil- 
liamsburgh and town of Bushwick, showing the property and assets 
held by each respectively in their corporate right, and the value 
thereof on the first day of January, 1855 ; and also showing the 
amount of the debts of each on that day actually existing or contin- 
gently arising from any work done for, or liability incurred, or prop- 
erty purchased by them respectively. Such property shall be the 
common property of the whole city, subject however to the* pledges 
heretofore made by law of the portion of each present city and town. 
The value of the property and assets of each present city and town 
shall be deducted from the debts of each, and the surplus of debt of 
each, over the amout of its property and assets, shall continue a 
particular debt upon each respectively ; the residue shall be common 
debt of the whole city. If the property and assets of either of said 
present cities and town shall exceed its debts, the balance shall be 
credited to it in the taxes of the year 1855. The property and assets 
of any district of either of the said cities or town shall, for the pur- 
poses of such account, be considered the property of the city or town 
in which the district is located. Any ward not heretofore included 
in the fire department districts of Brooklyn or Williamsburgh, hereby 
or hereafter to be admitted to the use of the fire department property 
of the said city, shall contribute its proportion to the value of such 
property in the district in which it is located, to be determined by 
the fire department committee of the common council, and to be raised 
by tax in one or more annual instalments, as the common council shall 
determine. 

§ 16. It shall be the duty of the auditor and comptroller to examine 
annually the accounts of the collectors of taxes and assessments, and 
of the treasurer, and to audit the same, and to present to the common 
council, at its first meeting after the first day of July in each year, 
the result in writing of such examination. The common council or 
the finance committee thereof may at any time order further examin- 
ations, by the auditor and comptroller, of such accounts. All other 
officers of the city receiving and disbursing moneys shall present their 
accounts annually to the auditor and comptroller for examination, 
who shall audit the same and report the result to the common coun- 
cil. The common council may, by ordinance or resolution further 
define and prescribe the duties of the auditor and comptroller in the 
premises. 



68 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title XL— Section 1. 



TITLE XI. 

MISCELLANEOUS PEOVISIONS. 

Sec. 1.— Oaths or affirmations required under charter; if false, perjury. 
2. — No inhabitant of city incompetent in any suit by city, 
3. — Orticevs of record, what are. 
4, — Embezzlement, how punished. 
5. — Proof of ordinances, &c. 
6. — Service of law process on vessels 

7. — Penalties not otherwise directed, to be paid into city treasury. 
8. — Armory, &c. for military. 

9. — Ordinances of Brooklyn prior to 1855, continue in force. 
10. — Of taxes and assessments prior to 1855, how to be applied. 
11. — Of local improvements commenced prior to 1855. 
12. — Of rights and liabilities prior to 1855. 
13. — Board of education, how constituted. 
On valuation of school property. 
Equalization of school i)ropertj% how made. 
14. — Declaration of act of consolidation. 

Of former acts of legislature relating to city. 
Of proceedings pending or commenced prior to consolidation. 
15. — Time when charter takes effect ; exceptions. 

Expiration of official terms of othcers elected prior to Nov. 1854 ; exceptions. 
16. — Books, papers, &c., to be transferred under direction of common council. 
17. — Of encroachments on river and harbor ; restrictions. 

Section 1. Any person who may be required to take an oatli or 
affirmation, under and by virtue of any provision of this act, who shall 
wilfully swear or affirm falsely to any material fact or matter under 
such oath or affirmation, legally administered, shall, upon conviction, 
be adjudged guilty of perjury. 

§ 2. No person shall be incompetent, as a judge, justice, witness or 
juror by reason of his being an inhabitant or freeholder in the city of 
Brooklyn, in any action or proceeding in which the city is a party or 
interested. 

§ 3. The offices of the city clerk, street commissioner, comptroller, 
and collectors of taxes and assessments shall be and they are hereby 
declared to be offices of records, for the purpose of filing, recording and 
safe keeping any and all papers and documents of the city, and apper- 
taining or belonging to the said several offices ; and all provisions of 
law relating to offices of record, or the preservation or safe keeping of 
papers or records therein, are hereby declared to apply to said several 
offices. 

§ 4. Every embezzlement of money by any officer elected or ap- 
pointed under this act, or by a clerk, deputy or assistant of such officer, 
shall be deemed a felony, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. 

§ 5. Every ordinance, resolution or by-law of the common council 
may be read in evidence in all courts and legal proceedings, from the 
volume of ordinances published or to be published by order of the 
said common council, without any other proof of the passage or publica- 
tion thereof; but such publication shall be only presumptive evidence 
that the same has been duly published in the corporation newspapers 
as required by this act. 

§ 6. Any civil or criminal process, attachment or execution may be 



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Title XI.— Section 7. 



seryed or levied upon any person or property on board of any vessel 
whicb, at the time of such service or levy, shall be attached or fast- 
ened to any wharf, pier, bulkhead or landing place in said city or 
lying so near thereto that a person can step from the same upon such 
vessel, or shall be fastened to any other vessel or vessels which shall 
be so attached or lying to any such wharf, pier, bulkhead or landing 
place, in the same manner and with like etfect as if such vessel was 
actually within said city. 

§ 7. When a penalty is created, or authorized to be created, by this 
act, and no particular provision herein is made as to the application 
thereof, when recovered, such penalty shall, when so recovered, be 
paid into the city treasury for the use of the city. 

§ 8. The common council shall have power to provide a suitable 
armory, gun-houses and drill rooms for the use of the military of the 
said city. '' 

., ^ ^\ ^^ existingordinances, by-laws and regulations of the present 
city ot Brooklyn, not relating to local improvements, as the same 
have been passed, shall be and continue in full force and effect, in the 
same manner and to the same extent and effect as though they had 
been published pursuant to law, and shall be in full force and effect 
as regards the city hereby incorporated, together with such others as 
may trom time to time be passed, until the same shall be repealed bv 
the common council. *^ 

§ 10. All taxes and assessments in the said present cities and tDwn 
remaining due and unpaid on the first day of January, one thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be collected as now provided by 
law except that the supervisors, in cases of taxes remaining unpaid 
.on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, 
and the common council, in cases of assessments remaining unpaid 
on the last mentioned day, shaU have power and are hereby author- 
i^d to issue warrants for the coUection of the same to the collectors 
ot taxes and assessments to be elected under the provisions of this 
act, who shall proceed under said warrants to collect the said taxes 
and assessments, and shall make their returns thereto, and pay over 
the money coUected by them respectively under the same, to the 
several officers designated in this act for that purpose ; and all pro- 
ceedings after the expiration of any warrant for the collection of any 
ot such taxes and assessments shall be conducted according to the 
provisions of this act Such taxes shall be applied to the purposes 
tor which they shaU have been levied in the present cities of Brooklyn 
and Wilhamsburgh and town of Bushwick respectively. 

§ 11. The expenses of any local improvement commenced by the 
present cities of Brooklyn and Wilhamsburgh, respectively, before the 
tirst day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, for 
which expense no assessment shall have been laid, shall be assessed 
as now provided by law in the said cities, respectively, except that 
the duties in relation thereto, now devolved upon the common council 
and^ ofiicers of the said cities respectively to be performed, shall be 
periormed by the common councU of the city of Brooklyn hereby 



70 BROOKLYN CITY CHARTER. 



Title XL— Section 12. 



incorporated, and by the officers to be elected and appointed and au- 
thorized to perform similar duties under this act, except that if com- 
missioners shall have been appointed to lay any assessment they shall 
complete snch assessment. t i - 

§ 12. All the rights, interest, property, claims and demands what- 
soever belonging to or to accrue to the present cities of Brooklyn and 
Wilhamsburgh and town of Bushwick, shall belong to and be vested 
in the city of Brooklyn, hereby incorporated, and all habilities and 
responsibilities of either in favor of third parties shall be assumed by 
and may be enforced against the city of Brooklyn, hereby incorpora- 
ted but each of the present cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh and 
town of Bushwick shall be, as between each other, liable for its own 
indebtedness, and entitled to its own property, as hereinbefore provi- 
ded • all suits in favor of or against the present cities of Brooklyn and 
Williamsburgh and town of Bushwick, shall be continued against the 
same respectively until judgment. , „ , . . . 

§ 13. There shall be a board of education, and all the provisions ot 
law relating to the board of education of the present city of Brooklyn 
shall apply thereto, except that the board hereby authorized shall be 
constituted of the members of the said present board, and such addi- 
tional members as may be appointed by the common council for the 
portion of the city embraced in the present city of Williamsburgh and 
town of Bushwick, and the said common council is hereby authorized 
and required to appoint and classify such additional members, having 
reference therein to the proportional increase of inhabitants by the 
additional territory ; and the school property of the cities of Brooklyn 
and Williamsburgh and town of Bushwick, and the several districts 
thereof, shall be valued by the first board of assessors elected after 
this act shall take effect, and the board of supervisors of the county 
shall proceed to equalize the said value by assessing the aggregate 
amount thereof upon the whole city, and crediting each school district 
(the city of Brooklyn to be considered as one district), on account of 
its general tax with the value of its separate school property, and any 
special school taxes already laid and in process of collection. Ihe 
eio'hth and twentieth sections of the act entitled to reorganize and 
regulate the common schools and board of education of the city of 
Brooklyn, passed April 4th, 1850, are hereby repealed. 

§ 14. This act is hereby declared to be a public act. AU acts and 
parts of acts of the legislature of this state, not inconsistent with the 
provisions of this act, and not hereby repealed, shall be and remain in 
full force and effect; but any proceedings now pending, or that shall 
have been commenced before this act takes effect as a law, shall bo 
continued and completed as if this act had not been passed, except as 
herein provided. , ^ ,, -, « t 

§ 15. This act shall take effect on the first Monday of January, 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, except sections three, four, 
five, six, seven, eight and nine of title three, which shaU take eftect 
on the first day of May next after the passage of this act. The terms 
of ofiice of the city iind town oflicers elected or appointed for the pre- 



BROOKLYN CITY CHARTEK. 71 



Title XI.— Section 16. 



sent cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh and town of Bush wick shall 
expire on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-five, except that the incumbents of the ofiices of street commis- 
sioner, counsellor, and commissioner of repairs and supplies of the 
present city of Brooklyn, and the incumbent of the oflSce of clerk of 
the present city of Williamsburgh, shall perform the duties devolved 
upon the street commissioner, counsellor, commissioner of repairs and 
supplies and clerk by this act, until the expiration of the terms for 
which they were respectively elected or appointed under the existing 
law ; and except that the incumbent of the office of collector of taxes 
and assessments of the present city of Brooklyn shall perform the 
duties devolved upon the collector of taxes and assessments of the 
western district by this act, until the expiration of the term for which 
he was elected under the existing law ; and the incumbent of the 
office of collector of taxes and assessments of the present city of Wil- 
liamsburgh shall perform the duties devolved upon the collector of 
taxes and assessments of the eastern district by this act, until the 
expiration of the term for which he was elected under the existing 
law ; and except that the incumbents of the offices of street commis- 
sioner and counsellor of the present city of Williamsburgh shall con- 
tinue to perform the duties of street commissioner and counsellor, for 
the purpose of closing up all the unfinished business in their respective 
departments, until the expiration of the term for which they were 
elected, and they are vested with such power, subject nevertheless to 
the directions of the common council of the city hereby incorporated ; 
and it shall be the duty of the officers retained in office by this act, to 
close up the unfinished business of the said cities and town in their 
respective departments, under the direction of the said common 
council, except as herein otherwise provided, and except that the 
policemen now in office shall retain their offices until others shall be 
appointed under the provisions of this act. All officers elected or 
appointed under and by virtue of this act, shall hold their offices for 
the term specified in this act, and until others shall be elected or ap- 
pointed in their stead, and have duly qualified. 

§ 16. The books, papers and documents now on file or kept in any 
office in the present cities of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, and town of 
Bushwick, shall be transferred to such offices of the city hereby incor- 
porated, as the common council shall by resolution direct. 

§ 17. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to recognize 
or authorize any encroachment upon the navigable waters of the East 
river or harbor of New York. 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



ELIAS COMBS, 

AND 

INSURANCE AGENT, 

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E. COMBS, 

No. 244, GRAND STREET, (East of Bowery,) NEW YORK. 

Sovereign rrince of the Royal Secret ; Eose Croix: Knights of Malta; Master Masons ; 
Royal Arch, Knight Templars, Connctl Regalia. Jewels, Emblems, Swords, Dirks, &c ; 
Fnoampment, Lodge and Grand Lodge; L O. O. F. Regalia, Jewels, Costumes, Emblems 
&c Robes. Masks, Gold and Silver Stars, Fringes, Tassels, Gimps, Laces, Ornaments an.l 
Trimmir.gs for Theatrical Dresses, and for Military purposes. Flags made, and Seals Cut. 
Rosettes for Ball Committees and Regalia, ttc. 

Gilt Eagles, Doves, Crooks, Spears, Tridents, Gavels, Pens. Keys, Staffs, Staff and Ban- 
ner Ornamerits. Also, Ballot Boxes, Blank Books, and every article required ; also Daugb- 
ters of Rebekah Collars. Embroidery in Gold, Silver, and Silk, in splendid style, toi 
Military and Naval Uniforms, &c. 

Orders from tl»e Country Promptly Attended f. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



A. B. DAVENPORT, 

EEAL ESTATE & IISURANCE OFFICE, 

No. 285 FULTON STREET; BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

^TNA INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD, CT. 
Capital, S500,000. 

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD CT. 

Capital, $300,000. ' 

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. 

Capital, $500,000. 

INSURANCE effected in the above-named popular and reliable 
Companies, on favorable terms. 

REAL ESTATE Bought and Sold on Commission. 

Houses Rented and Rents Collected. Also, LOANS OBTAINED, 

A. B. DAVENPORT, Ai^ent, 

^ ., -,, No. 285 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN. 

(Residence, No. 4 Garden St.) 



S. R. FRAZIER, 

COAL AND WOOD YARDS, 

COR. KENT AND FLUSHING AVENUES 



AND 



COR. KENT AV. AND ANN STREET (CROSS'S DOCK), 
BROOKLYN. 



AGENTS : 

W. II. WILSON, 873 Myrtle Av. 

N. T. BEERS, 45 Fulton Av. 

JAMES E. FANCHER, Cor. Gates Av. and Downing St. 

KIMBALL & BRO., Cor. of Gates and Classon Av. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



ALBERT H. NICOLAY, 

REAL ESTATE A^B STOCK 






(NEXT TO CORNEPw OF WALL.) 



3lc(iu(ar Siilrs of Stotlis d- 'goulis 

Every Monday and Tliiii-sday, at Half-past Twelve o'clock) 

AT THE 

MERCHANTS' EXCHANQE. 

ALSO, 

Special Sales, 

WHEN EEQUIEED, 

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. 



SALES OF REAL ESTATE, SHIPS, STEAMBOATS, &c. 



A, H, N, attends to all his Sales personally. 



First Class Stocks, Bonds, and Real Estate, at Private Sale* 
and Eoaus Neg°otiated* 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



JOHN W. LEFFERTS, 



AND 

FUMISHING UNDERTAKEE, 

Corner of :^ri<Ase eh Sa.xi.ds jStreets, 

BEOOKLYN. 

Every Description of Cabinet Furniture repairedin the neatest manner. 



WILLIAM TAYLOR, 



COLUMBIAN IROlt^ FOUNDRY, 



AND 



MACHINE SHOP, 
Wos. 11, 13, and 15 ABAMS STREET, 

BROOKLYN. 



All kinds of Castings 77iade to order at the Shortest Notice. 

mON BUILDIN-GS, STORE FROOTS, COLUMNS, AW]N-INQ 

POSTS, &o., &o. 



ADVERTISEMENT^ 



BROOKLYN CITY Dlx 

FOE 1855-6. 



^T 



The UDdersigned, Publisher of the BROOKLYN" DIRL 
for 1854-5, takes pleasure in announcing that, having met with fiu 
ing success, he will continue the publication for the coming seasoj. 
The Directory for 1854-5, compiled by him, contains several thousand 
more names, and is in all respects so much superior to any other of 
the city ever published, as to have received general approbation ; and 
he hopes, by a thorough canvass and careful revision, to make his next 
issae still more fall and accurate. 

WM. H. SMITH, 

MONTAGUE HALL, COURT STREET. 



JOHN F. TEOW, 




Stereotyper^ and Electrotyper^ 

49 ANN STREET, NEW YORK, 

Has lately added to his Establishment several of Mltciiel'S Stcaill 
Type-setting" Macllines, which enables him, with the aid of his 

large and numerous founts of type, to turn out all kinds of BOOK AND 
PAMPHLET PRINTING, with a speed and regularity hitherto unattain 
able. 

SHOW CARDS, FANCY CATALOGUES, 



CHECKS, CIRCULARS, CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS 

BILLS OF LADING, LEGAL PKINTING, &c., &c., 

NEATLY EXECUTED. 



J. F. T. publishes the New York City and Partnership Directories, and Wil- 
son's Business and Street Directories. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

SHARPLEY'S 



f ent(einen0 /nrnkijiing Itare, 

SCO FUtTON SXBEET, 

OPPOSITE CITY HALL, BROOKLYIf. 



_ Gentlemen can find at this Establishment every thing usuallv kent 
m a Gentlemen's Furnishing Store. The following are a few of fh! 
many articles alwa,. on h«nd:-Fine Linen and ifnen B^s^rsi^^rtt 
Fancy Lmen and Domestic Do.; Three-ply Collars, of every st'e 
Under-Sh,rts and Drawers, to snit every season of the yea En! i I' 
German, and American Hose and Half Hose Cravats; sl feandTie ' 
in every variety of material and pattern- Silk- „n^ ^"""^s ™rt i les, 

et Books, Porte-monaies, Umbrell^is Walkino- Po^ n ' ^ 
*c.. .c. To Which has h;en added,^lS fri^-'- ^'^' 

Ladies' Hosiery, 

OF ENGLISH, GERMAN, AND AMEniOA.N MANCFAOTUEE. 

French Kid Gloves; Silk, Beaver Plush ri„ti, r- i 

Shirt, and Collars mude to Order, in any Style, at tU Shortest mice. 
S. J. SHARPLEY. 

AGENOr rOE SHIRTS AND COLLARS AT WHOLESALE, 

At Manufacturers' jPrices. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



J. C. HENDERSON^S 

INTELLIGENCE OFFICE FOR DOMESTICS, 

£ng°lis]i9 Irisli) Scotcli^ and Gerniaii) 

No. 6 COURT STREET (OPPOSITE CITY HALL), 

BROOKLYN. 

HOUSE FURNISHING STORE, 



TUNIS J. POWELL, 

No. 69 COURT, Cor. SCHERMERHORN ST., 



BROOKI^YN. 



A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF 



WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, 

CEDAR TUBS, PAILS, BASKETS, BROOMS, BIRD CAGES, 
FANCY ARTICLES, Ac, 

AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 



TEMPLE OF FANCY AND LITERARY EMPORIUM. 



J. C. GANDAR, 

BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 

156 Grand Street, Cor. of Fiftli, 

BROOKLYN (EASTERN DISTRICT), L. L 

Richly Bound Bibles, Hymn and Prayer Books, a large assortment 
of School and Blank Books, Toys, Fancy Goods, &c. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



JAMES MORRIS, 

WEDDIIG CARD, YISITING CARD, 

AND 



2 NASSAU STREET 
I (Near Fulton Street.) 



BROOKLYIT, 



S. HONDLOW, 

EEAL ESTATE BROKER, 

GENERAL HOUSE & LAiXD AGENT, 

OFFICE, MONTAGUE STREET, BROOKEYN, 

SECOND DOOR FEOM COUET. 



LOANS NEGOTIATED TO ANY AMOtJNT. 



MRS. PRICE, 
FEMALE PHYSICIAN AND OCULIST, 




20 Years resident at 106 Higrli Street, 

BROOKLYN, L. T., N. Y. 

Treats all Diseases of Ihe Eye with entire success, such as Roueh 
Ixranulated Lids; Inflammation, acute or chronic; Scrofulous Sore Eyes ; 
Bhndness with Film or Thickening of the Cornea; Weeping or Watery 
Eyes; Amaurosis; Weakness of Sight; Falling of the Eye Lids; Inflam- 
mation or Stoppage of the Tear Duct. 

SCROFULOUS DISEASES & ERUPTIONS CURED WITH EQUAL SUCCESS. 

MPwS. PRICE'S FAMILY PILLS. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



H. COX & BROTHER, 

LIVERY AND SALE STABLE, 

98 FULTON AVENUE, 



s]®iE§{i§ Mi\B ^mmmm ir® ilii^< 



Horses kept by the Day, Week, or Month, 

On reasonable Terms* 

H. COX & BROTHER, 

98 FULTON" AVENUE, BROOKLYN. 

COWLEY & HASKELL, 
REAL ESTATE, 

$m %\\mxuzt k €mm[ Commiadcnt %^t\\\^j 
AUCTIONEERS, CONVEYANCING, &C., 

No. 6 HAWIII.TON AVENUE, 

UP STAIRS 

IS^miin.. \ ' BROOKLYN. 

AGENTS FOE THE 

Lennox Fire Insurance Company, N. Y. 

HamHton Fire Insurance Company, N. Y. 

National Loan Fund Life Insurance Company, London. 

Equitable Fire Insurance Company, London. 



REFERENCES. 

Messrs. J. R. Gilmore & Co., 154 Water Street; J. S. Dealey, Esq., 
52 South Street, N. Y. ; Messrs. McAulitY & Co., 100 Front Street ; 
Alfred Smith, Eso,., Fulton Bank, N. Y. ; Messrs. W. Elliott, T. Trem- 
lett. Fay & Co., Boston ; Augustus Robbins, M. D., A. M. Wilder, T, 
Gallagher, Brooklyn. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



J. BAISLEY, 

FURNISHING UNDERTAKER, 

CORNER OP COURT AND JORALEMON STS., 

REAR OF CITY HALL, 



The Subscriber having been engaged in the above business for the 
last fifteen years, and his extraordinary faciUties for the 

of all orders, together with a determination of having his 

CHARGES REASONABLE, 

he feels confident that he can give entire satisfaction to all who may 
be necessitated to call for his services. 

Grateful for the Patronage already bestowed upon him, he hopes 
by strict adherence to his business to command a continuance of the 
same. 

INTERMENTS PROCURED, 

in any Cemetery or Burying Ground in the Country. 



Manufactory, Corner Jay Street and OTyrtle Avenue, 

where Sextons and Undertakers are respectfully informed their orders 
will meet with prompt attention. 

JOHN BAISLEY, 

CORNER COURT AND JORALEMON STREETS, 

BROOKLTKT. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



JOHN BRAINERD, 
WALL STREET FERRY, BROOKLYN, 

(FOOT OF MONTAGUE STREET,) 

BROKER IN REAL ESTATE, 

ALSO, 

;1GENT FOK. I.ETTIIVG HOUSES Al\» STORES, AND FOB 
COEEECTING RENTS. 



HAMPSON'S 

METROPOLITAN MARBLE WORKS, 

303 & 305 ATEANTIC STREET, 

BKOOKLYK 



The Subscriber informs the Citizens of BrooKlyn, and " the rest of 
mankind," that he has resumed the manufacture of 



All orders executed with despatch, and on the best terms. 

E. J. HAMPSON. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



METAL EOOFING. 

J. H. FOSTER, 

CORNER HAMPDEN STREET AND LAFAYEITE 
AVENUE, NEAR FULTON AVENUE, 

"WILL ATTEND TO ALL KINDS OF 

ALSO, COPPER, LEADEN-, AND GALVANIZED IRON 

Gutters, Cornices, Leaders, &c. 

N. B.~Jobbi]igr attended to with neatness and despatch. 

Address Box "83, " Mechanics' Exchange, 9 Court Street, Brooklyn. 

WOOD! WOOD! 



BULL'S HEAD AND FLUSHING AVENUE 

WOOD AND COAL YARDS, 

JUNCTION OF 
FI.ATBUSH AND F TJ I. X O IV AVENUES, 

BETWEEN NEVINS AND POWERS STREETS, AND ALSO 

Corner FliUSBEING AND WASHINGTON AVENUES. 



OAK, PINE, AND HICKOEY WOOD, 

AND COAL OP ALL KINDS, 

Constantly on hand, and for sale at the Lowest Market 
Prices, by 

WM. B. WALTERS. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



MORRIS SHIPLEY, Je. CHARLES LOEKLE. 

SHIPLEY & LOEKLE, 




AND 



MANUFACTURERS OF SEAL PRESSES, 

No. «61 BROADWAY, Cor. of H^arren St., N. Y. 



The Subscribers would most respectfully call attention to the fol- 
lowing important articles for every Business Man : , 

ADHESIVE ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, having the name 
and address, with an original design most emblematic of each respec- 
tive business conspicuously and beautifully embossed thereon. This 
is not only a novel advertisement, but a preventive against detention 
in the dead-letter office. 

BUSINESS CARDS, from the same dies, richly embossed, plain, 
in brilliant fancy colors, or in gold and silver bronzes. 

BILL-HEADS, LABELS, NOTE and LETTER PAPER Stamped 
from the same dies. 

The SEAL PRESSES are the best in use, their construction being 
light and convenient for general purposes. Price $5 and upwards. 
Notaries, Lodges, and Societies, can have appropriate designs. 
5^" Orders by mail promptly attended to. 

SHIPLEY & LOEKXE. 



ADVERTISEMENTS 




NEAR FULTON AVENUE. 



N. B.-OLD BLirvus REPAIREB AND REPAINTED. 



Work sent to all parts of tie Country. 



W. H. D. BROWIfSON, 

louse, %%\\, k fnimiwnfal \ 

No. 8 FULTON AVENUE, 

BROOKI^YN. 

BETWEEN JAY AND PEARL STREETS. 



PAINTS, OILS, GLASS. VARNISHES, ETC. 



ALSO, 



Artists' Materials of all hinds, constantly on liarU, 
at New York Prices, 

N. B—GLAZING PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



The figure below represents a young lady viewing a Likeness of the 
object of her affections through one of 

PETER^S 

PATENT IMPROVED STEREOSCOPES, 

OBTAINED AT HIS 
OKIGIIVAL. STEKEOSCOPE GAEEERY, 

394 BROADWAY, N. Y. 

Tb.e Likeness itself was also taken at the same place, and by the 



game artist. 




lii 



Those who have had the happiness to hecome acquainted with this wonderful dtscoveiT, 
wilKwonder alher apparent^5d,niration and the intensity of l'«;\^«''t7'' "" 
the representation appear, in all its lifelike rotundity and breathing heauty ^^^j^j^^^ 

The Public are hereby informed, that the above-named Gallciy ha* been es aDMsnea 
betweeVthSee and four y Jars, and at least two years '«"g^r tlma any othe,^^m 
and that ten times more Stereoscope Pictures have been taken there than m all the city db 

''"^ Let the Public call and judge for themselves Every style "^ ^JlJ^X^gPf ^g^atS 
the highest perfection of the art, and every kind of Stereoscope furnished at lower rateg 
nnd iu greater perfection than at any other place. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



CHARLES DEDERKY, 

PEACTICAL 



CABmET MAKER & UPHOLSTERER, 

No. 309 ATLANTIC STREET, 

BROOKI.\X. 



The Undersigned, thankful for past favors, would inform his 
Friends and the Public, that he is prepared to take orders for New 
and Fashionable FURNITURE, of every description, which he will 
execute to the satisfaction of his patrons. 

FURNITURE will be Repaired and put in perfect order, at his Es- 
tablishment, on the Shortest Notice. 

New and Fashionable FUR:N"ITURE, of his own Manufacture, 
always on hand, and for Sale upon Reasonable Terms. 

N. B.— Hair, ITIoss, Husk, and Spring: Mattresses, &c., made 

to order. 

CHARLES DEDERKY, 

309 Atlantic Street, Brooklyn. 



JOHN BROOKS, 

MANUFACTURER OF 

piaiii antr Ornamental |ron %i\X\\\% 

251 NAVY STREET, BROOKLYN, 



BETWEEN FULTON AND DEKALB AVe's. 



JolUng attended to with neatness and despatch. 

ANCHORS ALWAYS ON HAND, 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



STEPHEN SUTTON, 

EEAL ESTATE AGENT, 

No. 181 FULTON STREET BROOKLYN. 

ROOM NO. 4, SECOND FLOOR. 



The Subscriber would respectfully inform Lis friends and the citi- 
zens of Brooklyn and vicinity, that he has opened an office at the 
abcr'' ^lace, as agent in the 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF REAL ESTATE, 

RENTING OF HOUSES 

COLLECTING OF RENTS, and 

LOANING OF MONEY 

on Bond and Mortgage. Those wisiiing to loan money, or having 
money to loan, can have their business attended to on as 

Reasonable Terms as any otUer Office in the City. 

Particular attention paid to the Collecting of Rents and Letting 
of Buildings. Also, Insurance effected on real or personal property. 

A share of patronage of those having any business in the above 
line is respectfully solicited. 

All Orders Punctually Attended to, 

STEPHEN SUTTON, 

181 Fulton Street, 

CORNER NASSAU STREET, BROOKLYN. 

Room No. 4, Second Floor. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 




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«ll lllllll lllllll 'llllliiilll;Ji:iii:ill!l lllil'!||||| llllli ||||llllll>lllllilllll llllli IIIUII IllllHiilllH lllll.lllili; lllli llHlllilIU 



EAEIN'S 

HOT-AIR 

AND 



IMPROVED 



Kitchen Ranges, 



DEPOT, No. 5 NASSAU STREET, BROOKLYN. 



We are acquainted with the action of AUGUPw'S HOT-AIR FUR- 
NACES, and do cheerfully certify that the heating power of this fur- 
nace is not exceeded by any other we know of, while the economy of 
fuel requisite for said furnaces we think is remarkable. 



Signed, 



GEORGE BRIGGS, 217 Pearl Street, New York. 
WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS, 281 Front St., New York. 
GEORGE M. PERRY, Collamore House, New York. 

H. E. EAKIN, Agent, 

IVo. 5 Nassau Street, Brooklyn. 

^t €m^m ®Ki antr Coffte ^(pt 



WM. BANE, 

No. 317 ATLANTIC STREET 



NEAR HOTT STREET, 



BROOKLYN. 



Teas, Coffees, Sug^ars, Spices, Cliocolate, Cocoas Starch, Rice 
and Fruits, of all kinds, at the Lo^vest Cash Prices* 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



DAGUERREOTYPE GALLERY, 

No. 201 BROADWAY. 



NEW AND GREAT IMPROVEMENT. 



The Proprietors of tliis Gallery respectfully invite Ladies and Gen- 
tlemen to visit their Rooms, and see their Collection of Pictm-es, 
taken after the new and wonderful discovery and improvement, which 
represents the person daguerreotyped with all the fulness and round- 
ness of nature itself. This Gallery is also the only place at which 
pictures by means of the Speculum are taken in the actual position, 
without their right side being reversed to the left, as occurs in the 
looking-glass, and has been the customary effects in the Daguerreotype. 
Patrons can only obtain Daguerrotypes with these latest improve- 
ments and inventions, tending to perfectly embellish and enrich the 
truthful picture, at this Gallery. 

PICTURES OF YOUNG CHII.UKEN 

are here made the subject of particular care. The production of these 
is usually very difficult, in consequence of the impossibility of confin- 
ing the attention, but as we have instruments for these peculiar cases, 
by which we are enabled to seize the expression of a happy moment, 
frequently in a single instant, we produce by them the most truthful 
Portraitures, even of Infants. 

PICTURKS COPIED, 

and reduced or enlarged to any required size. 

FAMILIES ATTENDED at their Residences for 

PICTURES OF THE INFIRM OR DECEASED. 

FRAMES AND OASES, in beautiful fancy styles, appropriate as 
Birthday or Hohday Offerings, are constantly on hand. 

TERMS will be found moderate, and the undersigned pledge them- 
selves to give to their Visitors and Patrons the most perfect satisfac- 
tion. Respectfully, 

BECKERS & PIARD. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



GEORGE F. ADAMS, M. D., 

HYDROPATHIC PHYSICIAN, 

Residence 141 Amity St., between Blenry & Cliititon, 

SOUTH BROOKLYN. 



Patients with Acute or Chronic Diseases, in the City or County, 
will be faithfully attended to, at their residences. 

Office Consultations, from 1 1 o'clock A. M., to 2 P. M. 

Dr. Adams also receives a limited number of Patients and Hygeine 
Boarders into his family. 

> REFERENCES. 

Pv. T. Trail, M. D., Xew York ; Joel Shew, M. D., Few York ; 
Fowlers & Y/ells, New York ; Pvobert Pvosman, M. D., Brooklyn ; Rev. 
Henry AYard Beecher, Brooklyn ; Rev. Samuel Longfellow, Brooklyn ; 
Henry C. Bo wen, Brooklyn ; James Freeland, Brooklyn ; M. P. Brown. 



ST. YITUS' DAI^rCE. 



Those having this disease of not more than six years' standing, 
can be 

CURED WITH A CERTAINTY! 

by a harmless remedy, that has cured more than 

FOUR HUNDRED CASES, 

a large proportion of them of the worst form. A cure will be war- 
ranted, and 

NO CHARGE WHATEVER 

will be made until a cure is effected. Parents who have children 
afflicted with this complaint can rely upon its being a Sure Remedy. 
The best References ^vill be g^iven. 

WM. J. M. FISH, 

272 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



WILLIAM H. ROGERS, 

Clock, Maiclj, SiMq, i^ ^ilbxr Mm 

EMPOKIUM, 

No. 131 MYRTLE AVENUE, BROOKLYN. 

FORMERLY OF THE FIRM OF TICE & ROGERS. 

CLOCKS, \VATCHKS, & JEWELRY REPAIRED. 

ALSO, 

ENGRAVING, PLATING, GILDING, 

AND 

GALVANIZING DONE. 



JEWELRY MANUFACTURED TO ORDER AT SHORT NOTICE. 

MOHAWK FOUNDRY, 

CORNER ADAMS & JOHN STREETS, 
BKOOKLYN. 



S<-V 



'.1:15 



MADE TO ORDER. 

AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF PATTERNS ON HAND FOR 
MILL GEARING, AND OTHER MACHINERY. 

A COMPETENT MILLWRIGHT IN ATTENDANCE. 

GEO. G. JOHNSON & CO. 

PROPRIETORS. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



A CARD. 



The Undersigned, thankful to liis numerous friends for the patron- 
age extended to him, while catering to their taste at 153 Adams St., 
would respectfully beg leave to announce that he is ready, as usual, 
to get up 

Dinners or Collations, for BallS) Pic-nic!4, Excursions, Targfet 
Companies, &c., &:c., 

AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, 

and on the most liberal terms, commensurate with the times. He 
flatters himself that his endeavors have been appreciated by the public, 
and hopes still to merit their patronage and esteem. 

EDWAUD ARENTS, 

153 ADAMS STREET, 

BROOKLYN. 



*^* Associations getting up Pic nic Excursions, for the coming 
season, can make a satisfactory arrangement for furnishing Dinners or 
Refreshments, in any style or quantity. 

D. SCHLEGELMILCH, 

UPHOLSTERER & PIPER HANGER, 

No. 6 BOERUM STREET, 

TWO DOORS FROM FULTON STREET, NEAR THE CITY HALL, 

BROOK L YN. 



All kinds of Furniture, Mattresses, Cushions, Feather Beds, Cur- 
tains, Window Shades, &c., made to order. 

CARPETS MADE AN» OIE-CEOTH EAID DOWN. 

Old Furniture, Mattresses, &c., repaired and renovated. Fitting 
in of old Carpets >tnd Oil Cloth. Furniture and Pictures arranged on 
removing, and all Upholstery attended to. 

CHURCH CUSHIONS MADE TO ORDER. 

Hp^^ Lace Curtains cleaned, good and cheap, at the shortest notice. 
Gilt Frames covered with gauze. Ships' Cabins and Steamboats com- 
pletely furnished, at the lowest prices. 

Agent for Iron Bedsteads^ of every dcscrijjtion. 
ALL WORK WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



WILLIAM G. DREW, 

PRACTICAL PLUMBER, 

No. 64 FULLON ST., BROOKLYN. 



WATER CLOSETSj HOT, COLD, & SHOWER BATHS, 

WASH-HAND BASINS, 

jingle anir JloiiMe feting Jforce "^imp, 

m, a m m, m m 45^, ??• "M- ^ ^ 



\m^ 



II 



'^esS *!? 



Cletern^ Beei\ and Cider Ptiinps^ Boilers^ Slnks^ 

Banges^ 

AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF 
ALWAYS ON HAND. 

Jobbing Promptly Attended to, 

*^* ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY PERSONALLY ATTENDED TO. 

HENEY P. DAY, 

COAL DEALER, 

BROOKLYN. 

All Orders tliankfully received and punctually attended to* 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



HgueiTCfitpcs aiA | 




LAAVRENCE'S GALLERY is one of the most splendid and ex- 
tensive in the world, and his pictures are not excelled either in Asia, 
Africa, Europe, or America, having received the highest premium, the 





AT THE 



LONDON AND NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS, 





OF THE 



"INDUSTRY OF AtL, NATIONS." 



Tlie flttentioTi of the public is called to his new style of Miniature, Cabinet, and Life- 
size PLotographs, or Daguerreotypes on paper, combining the truthfulness of tlie Daguer- 
reotype with the beauty of the finest Miniature and Oil Painting. Persons having small 
and inferior Daguerreotypes can have them copied to any desired size, and colored to 
nature. Those residing at a distance, by forwarding such pictures, with a description of the 
complexion, color of the e}'es and hair, or send a lock of the hair, can depend on having a 
truthful likeness. Every one coming to the city of New York should call and examine 
pictures made by this beautiful process. Cabinet and Life-size Photographs on Canvas, 
and colored in Oii. They can be taken from life, or copied from Daguerreotypes and other 
pictures. This style was introduced by the undersigned, and has now become very popular. 

RoomS) 381 Broadway, corner "IVliite Street, N. Y. 



M. M. LAWRENCE. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



MRS. A. M. PARSONS, 

inicral ^wniisHnis Inhrtahfr. 

AYAREROOM KO. 18 MYRTLE AV., 

BROOKLYN. 
(Formerly of No. 5 Myrtle Av.) 



Mrs. A. M. PARSONS would respectfully inform her Friends and 
the Public in general, that she has removed from No. 5, Myrtle A v., 
and can now be found at her 

Ne^v Stand, No. 1§, MyrtBe Avenue, 

(nearly opposite,) 

where she is prepared to execute with her usual promptness, all orders 
connected with her business. 



IN ANY GROUND OR CEMETERY. 



COFFINS, SHROUDS, CAPS, 

CAEEIAGES OR HEARSES, 

And every article necessary for Funeral Occasions^ 
Furnislied to Order ^ 

AT THE SHOKTEST NOTICE. 

WAREROOM, 

No. 18, MYRTLE AV., NEAR ADAMS ST., 
BROOKLYN. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



I 



WILLIAM BOCH & BROTHERS, 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

PORCELAIN 

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FIFTH STREET, (near Greenpoint Av.) 

EASTERN DISTRICT, BROOiKIjirN. 

AI.!. KINDS OF 

HOUSE, LOCK, & FURNITURE TRIMMINGS ; 

PORCELAIN PITCHERS, MUGS, YASES, 

AND OTHER FANCY WARES. 

ALSO, 

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OTHER DECORATIONS 

CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND MADE TO ORDER. 

WiLiJAM BocH, sea. AxTnoNY Boch, 

William Booh, jr. F. Victor Boch. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



J. H. MORDOUGH, 

^rpnist antr froffssor at I 

No. 106 ORANGE ST., BROOKLYN, 

BetAveen Fulton and Henry Streets.) 



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INSTRUCTION GIVEN ON THE 

PIANO FOKTE, OHOAN, MELODEON, 



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FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 

Eccri/ TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY Evenings, from 
October Isf to July Ist. 



Mr. M. keeps constantly on hand, a Large and Fine Assortment of 
PIANO FORTES AND MELODEONS, 
for Sale, at the Lowest Cash Prices, all of which can T»e seen at his 

MUSICAL HALL, 

No. 106 Orange Street, near F«ilt*iA« 

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